The Lobster

Movie • 2015 • Comedy  

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This movie contains 48 potentially triggering events.
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user14113
Dark and morbid scene
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Someone64
'twas a donkey, not a horse.
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Does an animal die?
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kassandra8286
Yes, in the opening scene. Don't make the same mistake I did and think the rest of the movie gets better or in any way makes up for it. Trust me, it just goes downhill from there.
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Waterbug
Most disturbing scene. Do not watch if animal abuse especially involving a dog bothers you.. screw this movie.
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Yulia
A dog and plenty of rabbits
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Are there bugs?
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KateBlackSpence
Some no votes indicate that because one woman who is gaslit is psychotic and the other is gaslit into a "loving" partner, that it didn't phase them. But there definitely is gaslighting.
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jr
she is kicked in the shins
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Rubies3
Under duress, a man tries to shoot his wife in the head. A woman emotionally abuses her partner by pretending to die and then beating his pet to death.
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KateBlackSpence
I was surprised there were multiple "yes" votes to this. I assume it's because there are tranquilizers shot at people. You do not see anyone administer drugs to themselves.
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Rubies3
a woman is bound and gagged in order to be killed
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met
Brief moment where two unenthusiastic employees simulate rape in an on-stage presentation (they're fully clothed but male drops his trousers). It's unsettling that the film plays this for comedy.

Part of a montage that intercuts scenes depicting a forced sexual situation (woman gyrates on the main character after he asks her not to) and a character's hand being burned in a toaster as punishment.
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KSNAP
No cuts, but a man is shown shaving briefly.
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Sid
People are threatened with something called “the red intercourse”. A similar punishment, “the red kiss” involves two people having their lips mutilated and being forced to kiss each other
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officertwinkie
A man is forced to put his hand in a toaster.
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officertwinkie
The main character must dig his own grave. He gets in it and slightly covers himself with dirt, but is not fully buried.
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Buttonsy
Yes and no. In this world, many of the animals used to be people, and people still eat meat. So there isn't any graphic depiction of cannabalism, but there is meat-eating where the meat is likely people.
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Anonymous
Off-screen and ambiguous/implied. a woman is blinded (off-screen and surgical) and a man holds a knife up to his eye but the screen cuts away
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bargle
Very dead dog, gore might be a stretch, but I think it's disturbing enough to qualify
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Sid
The heartless woman pretends to choke to death on an olive
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DunnThat1Too
Although no one says his leg is broken, we hear a loner get trapped in a snap trap and then he is told to figure out how to escape.
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Anonymous
Several instances. Man's hand is placed in live toaster. Man is held at gunpoint while wife is gagged in a chair. Another woman is punched repeatedly in slow motion. Lots of off-screen torture described. Bottom line, be prepared for it.
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KarimeHaddad
maybe not an amputation, but the guy gouges out his eyes
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KateBlackSpence
We see bandaged mouths with a fairly gruesome story as to what happened. Also a woman's face is shown being punched and while we don't see her teeth take any damage, we see her mouth and teeth are bloody.
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KateBlackSpence
From 4 stories
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Does a kid die?
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Danistab
A woman jumps out of a window intending to commit suicide. She dies eventually but it's slow and painful. Very trigger warning for sensitive viewers
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127saturn
depends on perspective as all disabled characters in the film are not born disabled - one character has a limp from being attacked by wolves, the actor does not actually have a limp. one character is blinded, the actress is not herself blind
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LZboyfurn
The dog who is killed is really the main character’s brother
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KendalleAubra
Loners are tranquilized and kidnapped
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Pizza_breadsticks
The scene where the dog dies is a violent jump.
Most traumatic and worst images ever filmed. There is a murder that is rather fast and unexpected.
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Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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127saturn
technically, most if not all animals in this film are humans who have been turned into various animals. no actual humans are eaten
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Pizza_breadsticks
Sounds of abuse, sounds of hurting an animal.
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Anonymous
Needles in the form of tranquilizers. Used quite often throughout the film. Few instances of blood.
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officertwinkie
Woman gets laser eye surgery
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Sid
The “heartless” woman kicks a dog to death
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Rubies3
very graphic. They are bleeding out and screaming but not much is done to help them.
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Anonymous
Woman jumps out of a window. Aftermath is shown for a while on screen—blood pools around the head and woman screams.
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Crow75
Two characters in two scenes lie in an open shallow grave in the woods. They are not buried alive but it can trigger clautrophobia, I think.
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KateBlackSpence
I'm not typically triggered by this, but I WAS HORRIFIED by the self harm scene in this movie. I can't unsee it. If you find yourself to be even a little sensitive to this, skip the movie. YOU ARENT MISSING ANYTHING.
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Sid
The butter biscuit woman says she’s going to jump off a building and follows through
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Does a baby cry?
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KendalleAubra
No slurs but bi-erasure right away, and it’s all heterosexist
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silencesilence
In this movie, it doesn't matter if you're happily single: you HAVE to find a partner, otherwise you'll be turned into an animal forever.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there BDSM?
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KateBlackSpence
SPOILER: In the sense that the happiest ending possible is that the lead stabs himself in both eyes with a steak knife so he can be with the woman he loves in a very sick world, I consider it to be a solidly sad ending.
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Crow75
They use tranquilizer darts though, not actual bullets.
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