We Need to Talk About Kevin

Movie • 2011 • Drama  

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After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
This movie contains 59 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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I have no idea why there are so many Yes votes. There isn't a dog in the entire movie. There is a guinnipig that is insinuated to die but you don't actually see anything. There is definitely no dog death.
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Are there bedbugs?
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Is religion discussed?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Are there dislocations?
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Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Is there menstruation?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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natastrophic
There is one major and one minor scene of physical abuse to a small child by a parent. There is a significant amount of emotional abuse by the same parent to the same child throughout the film, though it's depicted subtly and many viewers don't pick up on this.
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Kellygator
After a mother throws her child and his arm breaks as a result, the boy lies to his father to protect her, so it would seem like he forgave her
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Is someone stalked?
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deaddogfanclub
Eva throws Kevin against a wall when he is a child, breaking his arm. She regrets the act and attempts to show Kevin how much she loves him. Kevin is rough with his little sister, insulting her and attacking her with a vacuum cleaner.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Kellygator
Kevin is abused as a child and goes on to commit heinous acts toward others
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romanbath
[Spoiler] The beginning of the movie operates on the premise that the mother feels like she is insane because her son is cruel to her and nobody else.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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deaddogfanclub
Eva gets frustrated and is violent towards Kevin when he is a child.
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Addiction
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Prescription medication taken by the mom is shown frequently and (spoiler warning) Kevin claims to be on Prozac or something on trial (not shown)
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Is there addiction?
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pinkwill
the amount of alcohol shown in the movie and some dialogue could indicate the mother struggles with alcoholism.
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kinaleighmac
Eva drinks a lot of wine following a traumatic event, and is implied by Kevin to have drank a lot before the event as well.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
148 supporters
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kinaleighmac
Celia's guinea pig disappears, and Eva realizes it's in the garbage disposal after it's too late. It is not graphic, but the idea is disturbing.
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Are animals abused?
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A family pet is killed, but you do not see the animal die
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deaddogfanclub
A guinea pig is killed (offscreen) and a character explains the death to a young girl: ‘he is having a party in the garden now with new animal friends’
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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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Kellygator
A pet guinea pig is killed, but you do not see it 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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Evandergiovanna
Not prominently, but there are. From what I remember there's a distinct scene where they cut to a piece of jelly covered bread covered in ants.
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Assault
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Kellygator
An adult woman is slapped in the face and verbally berated by another woman
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Is someone drugged?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Kellygator
No one has held underwater, but there is a scene where Eva plunges her face in water and the camera shows the shot from under the water
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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A brief shot shows a young girl tied up with Christmas decorations
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Not assaulted, but harassed a bit in a work place environment at a Christmas party
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Kellygator
There is a scene where a child playing a game is tied up
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Bodily Harm
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deaddogfanclub
Kevin is cut when Eva throws him against a wall. We see him holding his arm and later see the healed scar.
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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pinkwill
well someone said under the eye injury section that it is implied someone ate a human part, and that it is a confirmed fact in the book, so.
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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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Kellygator
A child loses an eye, but you do not see the injury happen nor do you see the wound.
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Does a head get squashed?
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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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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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patchsadams
Kevin's mum pushes him and it shows his arm visibly broken
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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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Rainb0sherb
not physically, but many of Kevin's actions are done to, in a way, psychologically torture his mother
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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kinaleighmac
Celia loses her eye in an accident involving drain cleaner. It is not graphic but she is shown with an eye patch and bandages
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Is someone stabbed?
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Kellygator
Bodies are shown that have been shot with arrows including that of a child so the wounds give a similar look to that of a stabbing
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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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kinaleighmac
Celia is found dead towards the end, and high school students are killed, both by Kevin using a bow and arrows.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does a major character die?
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Kellygator
A pet guinea pig is killed. You do not hear it scream or see it die, but you do see Eva washing its blood off her hands later
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Does someone die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Kellygator
It’s said once. Kevin calls his little sister this name after she gets him a soda that he didn’t want
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
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Kellygator
[SPOILER]. Kevin killed his father and little sister, but not on screen. You do see their wounded dead bodies though
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Does a parent die?
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linnealauridsen.ll
The father is shot with arrows by his son.
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deaddogfanclub
As a child, Kevin fills a water gun with paint and sprays it on the walls of Eva’s bedroom. In retaliation, she takes the water gun and stamps on it while Kevin watches.
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pinkwill
not really kidnapped but students get locked up in the school, so kind of ?
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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 clowns?
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HannahNeuman
One scene shows kids dressed as clowns for Halloween attacking the mother’s house and car. Another shows a computer virus with a clown that pops up. Another shows a doctor’s office with clown photos all over it.
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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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Novamatic
Around 55 minutes in. Once she picks the boy up from the floor, look away for about one minute. She is cleaning up vomit from the floor. No actual vomiting, just the aftermath.
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Kellygator
Eva changes Kevin’s pooped diaper and you do see some poop in the diaper.

As a child, Kevin wakes up his father because he pooped himself but it’s not shown.

There is a scene where you hear urinating and toilet flush.
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Is there farting?
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Kellygator
Young Kevin farts after his mom changes his diaper
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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deaddogfanclub
Several close-ups of people (mostly Kevin) eating messily and spitting.
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Is there audio gore?
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pinkwill
when Kevin is pushed against the wall/floor, the sound makes it clear that the act was intense enough to cause an injury, but it's nothing like what you might hear in other movies when a character breaks a bone. it's mostly a loud bang. other sounds in other scenes might indicate that something gore happened, while not being triggering in themselves the context makes it hard to listen.
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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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Kellygator
There are multiple scenes where someone is visited in prison
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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7
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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7
Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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deaddogfanclub
Franklin and Eva sit in a hospital waiting for Celia. Shots of injured students being wheeled into ambulances.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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Kellygator
It’s not diagnosed or said out right, but a character seems to convey psychopathic tendencies
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Does someone self harm?
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Kellygator
As a toddler, Kevin’s mother questions his pediatrician as to whether or not his delayed ability to speak could be a sign of autism, but that is the only time that autism is discussed and Kevin is not diagnosed with autism.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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ShawnRitzbit
early on in Kevin’s childhood a doctor says he might be autistic, in the movie he goes through a lot of abuse, (not because of his posible autism though)
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Kellygator
[SPOILER] there is a scene where parents and students outside of the school where there has been a shooting our screaming and crying. Not sure if this would be considered a meltdown, but it could be upsetting seeing all these people so very much in shock
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Is there misophonia?
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Anonymous
There are tons of extremely close-up chewing and licking sounds, along with near-constant baby screeching. I had to watch most of it on mute. The amount of eating was ridiculous.
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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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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Nunya33
*SPOILER*


During the school shooting, Kevin locks the door of the gym and main door of the school with bike locks. It does give the sense of being trapped in.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Kellygator
The movie timeline hops around throughout the movie, and present day Eva certainly seems like she may have PTSD
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Noxious
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Kellygator
There is a scene where Eva plunges her face in the sink full of water.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there shakey cam?
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deaddogfanclub
Slight shaky cam at some moments in the film where we are seeing from Eva’s perspective.
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Does a baby cry?
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bigtallray
kevin cries relentlessly as a baby
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Is there screaming?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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deaddogfanclub
Repetitive use of bright colours and emergency siren imagery which could be interpreted as flashing. Some quick, blurring flashback sequences.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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pinkwill
a character briefly looks at the camera, it startled me.
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Kellygator
There are lots of scenes when Celia and especially when Kevin are babies and Kevin is constantly crying
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Is there childbirth?
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kinaleighmac
Kevin's birth is very painful for Eva, we hear her screams but don't see anything explicitly
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Are there abortions?
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Kellygator
Franklin finds out Eva is pregnant long after she knows and begins to show and says something like “When were you planning on telling me? I don’t get to be part of this decision.” Which seems like an implication that it’s too late for her to get an abortion and they might have had he known earilier
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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kinaleighmac
Kevin calls his sister the r slur
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Yes
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19
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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Eva, unprompted, comments to Kevin at the mini golf place that fat people are always eating, that the only reason for fatness is eating too much. (More bias/prejudice than jokes.)
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Is there aphobia?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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8
Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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pinkwill
a character literally rants about fat people eating too much according to her, and ableist terms such as the r-slur are used.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
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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pinkwill
a long scene of a male coworker staring at Eva's legs.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Rainb0sherb
not in the usual sense, but Kevin's mother walks in on him masturbating and proceeds to continue while making eye contact with her until she closes the door and leaves
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kinaleighmac
Eva walks in on Kevin masturbating, he continues and gives her a creepy smile. There are also sexual scenes between Eva and her husband, one of which Kevin walks in on as a child.
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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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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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Yes
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kinaleighmac
Kevin is sent to adult prison, and we realize Eva has lost her whole family
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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23
Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
18 supporters
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thecatsaysmeow
No, but there are a few scenes where characters push their faces into water and the camera shows it from underneath the water meaning you see it clearer so that could be slightly triggering for some people.
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Is there blood/gore?
55 supporters
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0
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kinaleighmac
Gory images of people who have been shot by arrows
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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kinaleighmac
While the weapon used is later revealed to be a bow and arrow, there is a school shooting and the images associated with one (news reporters, ambulances and police cars, etc)
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