Elling
Movie • 2001 • Comedy
ReportSynopsis
When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, Elling, a sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin in his 40s. After two years, the men are released and provided with a state-funded apartment and stipend with the hope they will be able to live on their own.
Filter to only show:
Both
Yes
No
Your Triggers
Yes
0
No
0
Needs More Answers
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
1
No
0
0
It looks for a second like Kjell Bjarne might be about to assault the drunk pregnant woman but he doesn’t. He stops after unzipping her jacket
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does someone vomit?
176 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
The pregnant woman vomits after Kjell Bjarne takes her back to her apartment, sound and no visual. Elling vomits after drinking at the poetry evening, sound and no visual. Elling is seen waking up after a night of heavy drinking covered in vomit.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
1
No
0
0
Elling is very childlike and seems to have been isolated from the world by his mother for most of his life
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
130 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
125 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
118 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
1
No
0
0
Kjell Bjarne hits his head against things when he is overexcited or upset, which is very distressing to see
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
101 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does it have a sad ending?
89 supporters
Yes
0
No
1
0
It has a very happy ending, especially compared to most films featuring mentally I’ll and disabled characters. They are very hopeful for the future
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is there sexual content?
83 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
Lots of phone sex and later we hear Kjell Bjarne having sex
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Is there audio gore?
73 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
Vomiting sounds
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Is there autism specific abuse?
66 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
The characters aren’t abused but they’re called “weirdos” etc
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Is someone sexually objectified?
56 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
Kjell Bjarne is a bit of a letch
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Is there ableist language or behavior?
53 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
Some insensitive language towards the mentally disabled characters
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does someone have an eating disorder?
52 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
Kjell Bjarne is always hungry and overeats
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Is a mentally ill person violent?
48 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
Only to himself. The portrayal of mental illness in this film is probably one of the most sensitive I’ve ever seen
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Is someone gaslighted?
45 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
It seems that Elling may have been gaslighted by his mother
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does someone miscarry?
44 supporters
Yes
0
No
1
0
No but it looks for a second like she might after she falls down the stairs
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is there a mental institution scene?
43 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
At the start, Elling and Kjell Bjarne live together in a psychiatric hospital. They are well looked after and not mistreated
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
42 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
Kjell Bjarne says “if you don’t like it I’ll hang myself” when he gives Elling the matchstick house
1 comment | Add comment
Is the r-slur used?
42 supporters
Yes
0
No
1
0
No but similar words are
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
40 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
Elling may have PTSD from his upbringing
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Is there childbirth?
38 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
Not seen but mentioned
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
37 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
36 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
33 supporters
Yes
0
No
1
0
No but Elling panics when he has to use public toilets
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is there addiction?
32 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
See above
1 comment | Add comment
Are there anxiety attacks?
31 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
Elling is extremely anxious and has many anxiety attacks over everyday activities
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does someone abuse alcohol?
26 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
A pregnant woman drinks heavily, to the point of passing out and vomiting. Near the end of the film, Elling and Kjell Bjarne also drink to the point of vomiting
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does someone fall down stairs?
22 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
It’s not seen but it is heard and she is seen lying at the bottom of the staircase
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a hospital scene?
22 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
At the start
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does a parent die?
1 supporters
Yes
1
No
0
0
Elling’s mother dies at the start of the film
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Where to Watch
