The Iron Giant

Movie • 1999 • Adventure  

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In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
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Does the dog die?
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Anonymous
No dogs die. The deer gets merked though.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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A government agent stalks and harasses a child.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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takver
The antagonist is gaslighted at one point in order to make him look bad to his boss.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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takver
A child is harassed, stalked, and threatened with being taken away from his mother. A child is threatened with a gun.
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Addiction
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takver
A character is forcibly chloroformed. A character has laxatives slipped into his food. A child has caffeine and acts extremely hyper.
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Is there addiction?
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HCOneill
There is a brief reference to people believing that a character was drunk rather than saw something fantastical. No alcohol is consumed onscreen.
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Animal
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yoyok
Animals are harmed in the movie, not in the making of the movie however.
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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carlfredrikrif
a deer get killed by a pair of hunters
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Are animals abused?
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amwhite91
a dear
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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amwhite91
chloroform and laxatives
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Is there pedophilia?
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amwhite91
I wouldn't say the person is held underwater. He's knocked into water by great force and his boat gets destroyed, but he survives
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Is rape mentioned?
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HCOneill
There is a brief verbal mention of possible bullying, but nothing is shown onscreen.
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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HCOneill
The giant's hand is disconnected from body and moving around independently. it is primarily played for comedy. and as i is a robot, no blood.
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Anonymous
Yes but its a robot so not really
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Herhairglows
No, but chloroform is used on a child briefly.
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pedanther
No humans are decapitated. There is a brief shot at one point of a robot's head with no body attached.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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Herhairglows
No, but a man is seen to have bandages on his head from a train accident.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Herhairglows
No, but a man gets a squirrel trapped in his pants and releases it through the zipper while facing away from the audience.
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amwhite91
the child, at one point
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Anonymous
The character is chlorophormed interrogated and blackmailed.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Allandrel
A character falls off of a cliff, but is rescued.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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takver
At one point a character sees an unconscious child and fears that the child has died.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
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amwhite91
spoiler: the climax is resolved by the Iron Giant flying into a nuclear bomb so it wouldn't kill the humans. However, we learn in the end that his body wasn't completely destroyed and he's reassembling himself
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Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Does a parent die?
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takver
In the backstory, Hogarth's father probably died, but it's ambiguous and not explicitly discussed.
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KEdRuss
A child's BB-gun is found broken.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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amwhite91
a character is given laxatives without his knowledge. It's shown that he makes it into the bathroom, an outhouse, or a bush each time he has an emergency.
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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yoyok
There is a scene of the main character on a toilet but not actually pooping.
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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yoyok
No cops, but government agents.
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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
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amwhite91
the Iron Giant gets stuck in electrical wires and gets electrocuted for several seconds, but this is an accident, not something that someone else caused to happen
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Herhairglows
No, but going to a hospital is discussed briefly
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Is there menstruation?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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pedanther
A main character spends most of the movie with amnesia that significantly changes his personality, and no knowledge of his former identity.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Anonymous
There are some dream sequences in which the character briefly questions what is real
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there misophonia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Herhairglows
No, but there is a moment where there is threat of a nuclear explosion and the villain is kept from trying to flee so he can "die for his country like a good soldier".
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Anonymous
a character seemingly sacrifices their life for the town, but it is shown in the end that they survived.
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pedanther
The Giant can be interpreted as having a condition resembling PTSD, especially in the extended cut of the movie where he has nightmares about his military service.
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Noxious
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pedanther
At the end of the scene by the lake, when the Giant inadvertently causes all the water to cascade out of the lake, the camera is briefly "underwater". (But not actually underwater, because it's all animated.)
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Is there bestiality?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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yoyok
There are a few scenes where male characters will look the mom character up and down before speaking to her.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Is there BDSM?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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The Giant is unable to control himself when he is in weapon mode. Hogarth helps him revert back to his normal self.
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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pedanther
There is a sad event near the end of the film, but the story takes a happier turn at the very end.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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mudb0yy
There is a scene of someone drowning for a moment at the beginning but they end up safe
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Is there blood/gore?
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takver
The whole movie is about the threat of nuclear holocaust. A nuclear missile is launched directly at a town full of people, who become scared for their lives. The bomb does go off but with only one casualty.
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Is there gun violence?
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