The Blues Brothers
Movie • 1980 • Music
ReportJake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a 'mission from God' to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best: play music. So they get their old band together, and set out on their way—while getting in a bit of trouble here and there.
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Is religion discussed?
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MrsNatural
Jake and Elwood were raised in a religious orphanage and visit a nun. They go to a service at a Southern Baptist church. They consider themselves to be on a "Mission from God" to save their orphanage.
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Corellon
The brothers were raised by nuns, and there's a scene where they visit the head nun as adults, and she does the thing where she hits them with a ruler for saying bad words. (Exaggerated and played for laughs)
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Is someone stalked?
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Carrie Fisher's character is following Jake and trying to kill him. Various other parties are chasing the Blues Brothers throughout the movie.
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Sid
Jake is being hunted down by his jilted lover who keeps trying to kill him in cartoonish ways
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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No but it's implied that the nun in charge of the orphanage probably hits kids with her ruler.
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Not in the film, but apparently during the production of it everyone was on cocaine to the point that they actually worked cocaine into the budget
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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There's implied heavy alcohol usage in the film by the band and patrons of a bar over one night, but it's not played seriously.
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Is someone restrained?
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In the first scene Jake is led through the prison with a guard holding onto either arm
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Someone chokes on food and he's clearly struggling
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Off-screen implied. A building blows up and various major characters crawl out of the rubble seemingly completely unhurt, but it's logical to infer that not everyone made it.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Off-screen implied. See "crushed to death"
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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When the Penguin starts hitting them with a ruler, Elwood runs down the stairs but Jake is unable to get out of the desk he’s sitting at and falls down the stairs still in it
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Two of the Illinois N*zis fall to their apparent deaths.
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Is there excessive gore?
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There's no gore at all.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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There’s absolutely no sex in this film at all
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Is there a shower scene?
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Sauna scene.
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Are there mannequins?
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During the car chase through the shopping mall, there's LOTS of mannequins.
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Law Enforcement
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Cops are the bad guys.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Steps, sirens, trains, metal bottles falling, loudly eating and drinking... I don't know why someone voted "no"
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Misiek1997
There's a scene where a car with nazis inside falls inside a deep hole and it's then covered with another car.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Elwood seems to almost exclusively eat plain white bread, and Jake overeats. At a diner, Elwood orders dry white toast and Jake orders four entire fried chickens and a coke
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is there shakey cam?
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In the chasing car sequence there's a shakey cam
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Corellon
Played for laughs when a nun smacks them with a ruler for cursing...and then they curse because they've been hit with a ruler... and then she hits them with the ruler again.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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fraisierdesbois
When Carrie Fisher's character shoots the protagonists, there are flashing images
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Paranoia
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Corellon
Lots of ominous scenes where Carrie Fisher's character watches them from a car with murderous intent.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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takver
A blind joke where Ray Charles hangs a poster upside down.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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WhitbeeDoe
The n-word is used self-deprecatingly by a Black man.
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A group of Nazis are antagonists in this movie, and one scene lingers on a rally they are holding which features very explicit antisemitic statements.
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Corellon
Somewhat relevant: The brothers sing "stand by your man," and they add some choreography where they awkwardly point to themselves whenever they say "man." The overall tone of the scene is that they feel dysphoric singing the lyrics, but it's one of the only country songs they know.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Sandphin
Mild. Jake sits down in a chair with a desk attached and has to squeeze himself into it. Later he gets stuck in the desk and falls down the stairs while in it.
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Is there hate speech?
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Nazi rhetoric is said on screen by antagonists, to the anger of a crowd.
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Sex
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There’s a scene with some men shirtless in a sauna, but still wearing their sunglasses and hats
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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No sex scenes or sexual references in the entire movie
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Is someone homeless?
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The building where Elwood lives gets blown up
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Does it have a sad ending?
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The main characters go to jail but are having fun.
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Does a car crash?
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There are many car crashes during the final chase sequence. This is entirely played for laughs, and no injuries are shown.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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takver
This is played humorously, but if you're sensitive to this you may want to avoid this movie. There are multiple very long car chase sequences where cars plow through areas densely populated with pedestrians. The movie happily ignores any implied fatalities, but they definitely happened based on what we see on screen.
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Is there gun violence?
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Sid
Cartoonish. Nobody is actually shot, but people are shot at
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