Whiplash
Movie • 2014 • Drama
ReportThis movie contains 28 potentially triggering events.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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The main character's mom left him and his dad
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Abuse
Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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jdpamv
The problems with forgiving their abuser and continuing to let themself get abused are discussed many times but for all intents and purposes, yes, an abused person forgives their abuser. Fletcher is pretty much the most abusive teacher imaginable, being verbally and physically abusive, bigoted as all hell, and has unapologetically driven a student to s*icide. The lead agrees with and supports Fletcher's belief that he needs to push his students through any means, and he succeeds as a result. It's up to interpretation but the most clear interpretation is that the abuse was worth it for both of them.
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The main character gets slapped many times and has various objects thrown at him. He's also forced to play his drums until his hands bleed.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Andrew plays the drums so much his hands bleed.
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Is there excessive gore?
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wpc25
i wouldn’t say excessive, but there are multiple shots involving blood
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Mulu
Andrew falls down stairs while running late for his first meeting with Fletcher's studio band.
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Is there a hanging?
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No but at around 1:11:09 a woman mentions a guy hanged himself
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Disability
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Tall_Goth_Queen
During a scene where the protagonist loses a music folder they are compared to and described using the phrase “give a calculator to a f**king r****d and he’s gonna try to turn on a TV with it”
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Gross
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About 1 hour 1 minute and 50 seconds he spits but it's not graphic or very audible and very quick
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NOPE
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Large-scale Violence
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Mental Health
Is a mentally ill person violent?
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fairygodmother
the main character gets violent after being mentally pushed to the breaking point/also suffering a concussion.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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qlinnx
The main character is pretty autism-coded and his conductor mentally abused him troughout the whole movie. The r-word is used about 3 times (see “does someone say the r word?”). There is however no mention or mocking of him supposedly having autism.
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no, but there is a mention of a man killing himself (not a character that's show onscreen)
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Ameesq
It is briefly mentioned twice
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Unearthly
While a character goes through a lot, it is not explicitly PTSD
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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yeahyeahp
in an upside down car
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atthehuskinbee
In the movie, the main character plays the drums until he bleeds, even though sometimes he's forced to do so.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Unearthly
During a car accident scene, the camerawork is quite chaotic
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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AnaCludiaTeixeira
the insults used by the professor are pretty explicit and offensive
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MiaRose
At around 58:40 Fletcher calls him a slur
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Is there hate speech?
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petezaparti
The f slur and r slur are used by the abusive conductor
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Are there fat jokes?
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fairygodmother
earlier one guy gets kicked out of the band and fletcher asks him why he's looking down by saying 'is there a mars bar down there?' or something. i haven't seen the movie in a while.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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petezaparti
The conductor uses the f slur against his students
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Is there sexual content?
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There isn’t any visual sexual content but some of Fletcher’s (the band teacher guy) insults are quite sexually explicit (e.g. ‘This is not your boyfriend’s dick. Don’t come early.’).
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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nstalgia
One quote from Fletcher says something along the lines of 'who is now weeping and slobbering all over my drum set like a f-ing nine year old girl'
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Does it have a sad ending?
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teethhaver
bittersweet, misleading in its triumphant tone
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Does a car crash?
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⚠️very triggering scene about 2/3 of the way through the movie⚠️
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Is there blood/gore?
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Unearthly
A character has cuts on their hands throughout the film, which are somewhat bloody. A character sustains injuries from a crash. These injuries are bloody, but not unrealistically or gratuitously so
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