Does the dog die?
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The Lobster
Movie • 2015 • Comedy
ReportIn a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
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TheGildedKraken
This was the movie scene that made me find doesthedogdie. It was absolutely horrific, wildly unnecessary, and shook me for days. Maybe the worst movie watching moment I've ever had besides rape scenes
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Is someone gaslighted?
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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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Does the abused become the abuser?
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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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Does a horse die?
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Someone64
'twas a donkey, not a horse.
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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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Are animals abused?
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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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Is there a dead animal?
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Yulia
A dog and plenty of rabbits
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Are rabbits harmed?
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TheShockedScientist
Yes, they are killed for food in the woods.
Death is not shown.
Capture in a trap (rope) is shown.
Death is not shown.
Capture in a trap (rope) is shown.
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Does a pet die?
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TheShockedScientist
Yes, the dog of the main character (who is also the brother of the main character). Is is a cruel death involving torture and the dead body is shown for multiple seconds). Probably the most disturbing scene of the movie.
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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.
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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Is someone restrained?
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Rubies3
a woman is bound and gagged in order to be killed
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Not really, but it is mimed
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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itzyaboi.trevor
People are shot with tranquilizers during the hunts
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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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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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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officertwinkie
A man is forced to put his hand in a toaster.
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Is someone buried alive?
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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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Is there cannibalism?
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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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Is there eye mutilation?
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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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Is there excessive gore?
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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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Are any hands damaged?
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Spifferella
John C. Reilly’s character is tortured by having his hand forced into a toaster.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Sid
The heartless woman pretends to choke to death on an olive
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Does someone become unconscious?
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TheShockedScientist
People are hunted in the woods and shot with tranquilizers.
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Does someone break a bone?
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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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Is someone tortured?
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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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Is there amputation?
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KarimeHaddad
maybe not an amputation, but the guy gouges out his eyes
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Are any teeth damaged?
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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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Does someone fall to their death?
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TheShockedScientist
Yes, suicide by jumping out of the window. The jump/fall is not shown. The movie shows the aftermath (woman lying on the floor, not yet completely dead). It is unclear (but unlikely) if she survives.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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KSNAP
No cuts, but a man is shown shaving briefly.
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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TheShockedScientist
No, there is no deadly sacrifice.
There are other variations of death though (suicide, hunted and killed).
There are other variations of death though (suicide, hunted and killed).
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Does a non-human character die?
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TheShockedScientist
Various animals (donkey, dog, rabbits)
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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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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Does someone cheat?
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Spifferella
This is what launches the plot.
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Does a family member die?
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LZboyfurn
The dog who is killed is really the main character’s brother
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Is someone kidnapped?
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TheShockedScientist
As this is in the category "family": no.
Strangers living in the woods are hunted, kidnapped and off-screen most likely killed off.
Strangers living in the woods are hunted, kidnapped and off-screen most likely killed off.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Spifferella
In the distance, mostly.
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Are there jump scares?
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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.
Most traumatic and worst images ever filmed. There is a murder that is rather fast and unexpected.
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Is there audio gore?
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Pizza_breadsticks
Sounds of abuse, sounds of hurting an animal.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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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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Is there a hospital scene?
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officertwinkie
Woman gets laser eye surgery
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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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baldrmani
One of the characters in the hotel bangs his face against things to make his nose bleed. The main character discusses blinding himself but it is not shown.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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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 someone have a mental illness?
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TheShockedScientist
"Yes" voters probably mean the 'cold/cruel' woman. She is not described to have a mental illness but as simply being "cruel". She shows no empathy to other people's pain and seems to have no emotions in general.
Personally I would answer this question with 'no', but I can see why others would say 'yes'.
Personally I would answer this question with 'no', but I can see why others would say 'yes'.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Spifferella
The setting is an alternate world/dystopian society very much like our own but there are some surreal elements. Mostly, the dialogue is unnaturally blunt and the characters behave in various unsettling ways. It’s fairly jarring.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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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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Prejudice
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Is there aphobia?
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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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Does the black guy die first?
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Spifferella
There are no black people in the movie as far as I recall. Which is… weird. Maybe in the background?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Lilym
To elaborate on the biphobia - the hotel front desk lady says there’s no bisexual option « available » and he must register as either heterosexual or homosexual. I took this as a joke about how people try to make bi people ‘choose a side’ and the scene is there to show how absurd that mentality is.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Spifferella
A character’s speech impediment is mocked.
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Race
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Are there nude scenes?
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MisanthropeCinephile
Partial view of a woman's rear during a sex scene.
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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MisanthropeCinephile
And abused.
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Sickness
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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TheShockedScientist
Yes - a group of people reject this universe's dogma (people must live in a relationship and cannot live alone) and live in the woods by choice.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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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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Violence
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Is there gun violence?
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Crow75
They use tranquilizer darts though, not actual bullets.
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