The Iron Giant

Movie • 1999 • Adventure  

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Synopsis

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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No dogs die. The deer gets merked though.
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Are there heart attacks?
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Are there tsunamis?
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No tsunami but the water of a lake is displaced by a giant jumping into it and water floods the land, washing away animals and a person. This is played for humour and no one is harmed.
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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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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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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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 someone stalked?
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A government agent stalks and harasses a child.
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Addiction
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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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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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Animal
Are animals abused?
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Does a cat die?
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Does an animal die?
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a deer get killed by a pair of hunters
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Does a pet die?
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Animals are harmed in the movie, not in the making of the movie however.
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a dear
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Does a horse die?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there bugs?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Does a dragon die?
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone drugged?
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chloroform and laxatives
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Is someone restrained?
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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
amwhite91
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Does a woman get slapped?
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There is a brief verbal mention of possible bullying, but nothing is shown onscreen.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
Is there excessive gore?
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Is someone tortured?
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The character is chlorophormed interrogated and blackmailed.
Anonymous
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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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Is there body horror?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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No, but a man is seen to have bandages on his head from a train accident.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there a hanging?
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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 throat mutilation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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No, but chloroform is used on a child briefly.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is someone choked?
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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.
HCOneill
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Yes but its a robot so not really
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Is someone stabbed?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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A character falls off of a cliff, but is rescued.
Allandrel
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the child, at one point
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Does a kid die?
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At one point a character sees an unconscious child and fears that the child has died.
takver
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Is an infant abducted?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
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Believed to but shown to survive
LightJest
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Appears to but revealed to survive
LightJest
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Does someone die?
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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
amwhite91
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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In the backstory, Hogarth's father probably died, but it's ambiguous and not explicitly discussed.
takver
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Does a family member die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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A child's BB-gun is found broken.
KEdRuss
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Is someone possessed?
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No but the robot's original programming occasionally takes over his mind
LightJest
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Are there clowns?
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Are there mannequins?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there ghosts?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Is someone eaten?
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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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Does someone spit?
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There is a scene of the main character on a toilet but not actually pooping.
yoyok
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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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The government agent shamelessly crosses boundaries and infringes civil liberties in the name of a supposed greater good in a way that wouldn't be unusual for the hero of a copaganda piece, but in this story that's part of what makes him the villain.
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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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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
amwhite91
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Does someone have cancer?
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No, but going to a hospital is discussed briefly
Herhairglows
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Is there menstruation?
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Mental Health
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a character seemingly sacrifices their life for the town, but it is shown in the end that they survived.
Anonymous
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is there misophonia?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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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".
Herhairglows
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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.
pedanther
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There are some dream sequences in which the character briefly questions what is real
Anonymous
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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A main character spends most of the movie with amnesia that significantly changes his personality, and no knowledge of his former identity.
pedanther
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Noxious
Are there flashing lights or images?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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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.)
pedanther
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Is there shakey cam?
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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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Does a pregnant person die?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Words such as crazy are used
LightJest
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Is there hate speech?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there aphobia?
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The word 'it' is corrected to male pronouns
LightJest
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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
Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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There are a few scenes where male characters will look the mom character up and down before speaking to her.
yoyok
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Are there nude scenes?
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Is there BDSM?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Social
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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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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Is someone homeless?
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Are there fat suits?
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Spoiler
Are there end credit scenes?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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There is a sad event near the end of the film, but the story takes a happier turn at the very end.
pedanther
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a plane crash?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
82 supporters
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The only instance of visible blood in this movie occurs towards the beginning, when Hogarth runs face-first into a tree branch and gets a bloody nose. It's over really quickly, though, and in the next shot, the blood is completely gone.
morgansbookshelves
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Does someone drown?
48 supporters
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There is a scene of someone drowning for a moment at the beginning but they end up safe
mudb0yy
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Is there gun violence?
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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.
takver
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