My Life As a Dog
Movie • 1985 • Comedy
ReportA boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.
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Off-screen. Spoilers: We learn after the fact that Ingemar's dog was euthanized.
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putting yes just in case.
Ingemar, the main character, is forced to put his penis in a glass bottle by his brother who’s demonstrating to some kids how sex works.
Ingemar, the main character, is forced to put his penis in a glass bottle by his brother who’s demonstrating to some kids how sex works.
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Does a pet die?
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off-screen. Spoilers: Ingemar’s dog dies
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Is there pedophilia?
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Drew67979
No, but there is childhood nudity. Saga (12) shows Ingemar (12) her breasts and asks if he wants to feel them. And a bedbound elderly man has Ingemar read to him from a lingerie catalog. There's no sexual energy directed at Ingemar, but it's still a bit weird.
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Ingemar’s mother is verbally and mentally abusive, she often yells at him and chases him when he has done something wrong. It’s mostly in the first part of the movie.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Judgment call on whether you think the gaze of the film unnecessarily sexualizes Saga. Saga (12) shows Ingemar (12) her breasts and asks if he wants to feel them.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Around 5 minutes in the main character, a young boy, is peer pressured into sticking his penis in a bottle and it gets stuck. His brother breaks the glass and an adult helps him remove it. It's kept out of frame and there's no blood or injury.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Drew67979
Ingemar cuts his finger on purpose to make a pact with another kid.
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Are there abusive parents?
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Ingemar’s mother is abusive, often yelling at him and his brother.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Saga (12) exposes her chest and asks Ingemar (12) if he wants to feel her breasts.
A woman is a nude model for an artist.
A woman is a nude model for an artist.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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MilkSlice
I would say yes. Ingemar seems to think that it was not his mother’s fault that she was abusive since she was very ill
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Ingemar’s mother is abusive and violent, she is depicted to have a breakdown where she becomes violent. Ingemar’a brother locks her into her room until she calms down.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Drew67979
Everyone tells Ingemar his dog is at a kennel when it's actually been euthanized.
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Is there gun violence?
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MilkSlice
Ingemar’s brother points a rifle at his dog, but the gun does not go off. Ingemar gets scared that he will shoot the dog and freaks out.
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Does a non-human character die?
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the dog dies
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does someone drown?
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There's a brief scare, but he's fine.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Saga, a tomboy, expresses displeasure at starting to grow breasts and she binds them so they don't show. It's not portrayed traumatically—more matter of fact.
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Does a major character die?
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The dog and the mother
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Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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Ingemar's (12) older brother (14ish) yells at him to stop crying.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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MilkSlice
Ingemar wets the bed, it’s not depicted in the act but it is talked about and wet sheets are shown
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Drew67979
Lots of kids tussling and teasing each other, but never quite rises to a bully targeting one kid and picking on them or beating them up.
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Does a family member die?
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Ingemar’s mother dies
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Ingemar’s mother is terribly ill and dies from it.
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Is existentialism debated?
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MilkSlice
Not really but he discusses the loneliness Laika (the first dog that went to space) must’ve felt lonely up in the atmosphere. He often tells himself that he doesn’t have it as bad as her.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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MilkSlice
Ingemar and his brother visits their mother as she’s dying in the hospital.
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Drew67979
Saga, a tomboy, expresses displeasure at starting to grow breasts and she binds them so they don't show. It's not portrayed traumatically—more matter of fact.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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The mother does.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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MilkSlice
Ingemar clearly has something going on, but nothing is really mentioned.
He acts like a dog when he’s feeling stressed, and he brushes off his problems and says that there are other people who have it harder.
His mother is clearly mentally ill too, most likely from the stress of knowing that she’s terminally ill. She has a breakdown and gets violent, she often yells at her children.
He acts like a dog when he’s feeling stressed, and he brushes off his problems and says that there are other people who have it harder.
His mother is clearly mentally ill too, most likely from the stress of knowing that she’s terminally ill. She has a breakdown and gets violent, she often yells at her children.
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Is there screaming?
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MilkSlice
Ingemar’s mother and brother yells at him a lot throughout the movie.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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MilkSlice
If you deem moving to your uncle because your mom can’t take care of you as abandonment then yes.
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Does a parent die?
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MilkSlice
Ingemar’s mother dies due to the illness she has throughout the movie.
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