Does the dog die?
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An American Crime
Movie • 2007 • Crime
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The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
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The neglected pet dog lives, so the NO’s have it wrong
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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2 girls are made to think their parents have abandoned them, but the haven't
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Abuse
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The movie is based on the real life child abuse and murder of Sylvia Likens.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
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Gertrude abuses prescription medication.
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Animal
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I would say yes but it’s fast enough that if you blink you will miss it
I didn’t like hearing the dog sad though woofing outside
I didn’t like hearing the dog sad though woofing outside
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Assault
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Not on screen, but you see right before it happens and right after it happens
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She is raped with a glass coke bottle.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Grown woman forces a young teenage girl to insert a glass bottle inside of herself infant of a group of other children. The act is not shown but is spoken about, faces shown, and dialogue is seen between flashback and court room. The glass bottle falls and shatters signifying the act is done.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Sylvia is burned with cigarettes in multiple scenes and is branded in one scene.
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Is someone tortured?
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Sylvia is subject to torture ranging from being viciously spanked to raped with a bottle to tattooed by locals
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Sylvia is forced to put a coke bottle in her vagina. We don't see her actually do it, but we see her facial expressions.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Pushed down stairs
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Death
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Family
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Someone is being held against their will
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Fear
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Gross
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Not self inflicted but it is shown that Sylvia is not given anything to eat or drink while being kept in the basement.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Noxious
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Are there abortions?
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Sex
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Is there sexual content?
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There are a lot of uses of the word "slut," and a character is tortured in sexual ways.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sickness
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Spoiler
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Violence
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