Water for Elephants

Movie • 2011 • Drama  

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In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
This movie contains 11 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Does a kid die?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Abuse
Is there domestic violence?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Alcoholism
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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SaraJosefinaOstermark
The elephant passes of old age.
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Are animals abused?
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KirstieT
Christoph Waltz beats the elephant with a bull hook at one point. Very hatd to watch.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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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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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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StevieH
The storytelling method is of an old man recounting his past. In the end summary, his spouse is said to have passed at some point late in life.
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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smithlgreg
Right after Robert Pattinson sees his dead parents, it hard cuts to a close-up of him vomiting.
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Does someone spit?
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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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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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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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
Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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gayrat
In the very beginning, Robert Pattinson's parents die in a car accident (not seen, but their bodies are shown in the morgue).
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