Room
Movie • 2015 • Drama
ReportHeld captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
This movie contains 45 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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TBN1994
Old Nick is abusive
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Anonymous
Old Nick keeps Ma and Jack in a shed for a good chunk of their lives. He's both physically and emotionally abusive with them, and assaults Jack when he tries to run away.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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A woman is repeatedly physically, sexually, and emotionally abused, but it is not recorded and does not involve multiple abusers/take place in public.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Anonymous
When Ma tries to point out issues with Old Nick (like not getting them better food), Old Nick pins the blame on her and makes her out to be the bad guy. When Ma has Jack fake sickness and tells Old Nick that Jack is sick because Old Nick cut the power, Old Nick says that it's her fault.
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lindseyh
Not terribly abused, but there is a scene where Ma has to put a hot rag on his head which hurts him. There is also a scene where Old Nick is trying to wrestle Jack back into the truck.
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Addiction
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lindseyh
[Spoilers] Yes, Joy overdoses on pills in an attempt to kill herself.
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Animal
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msegirls
Ma KILLS the mouse, not just throws something at it
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Are animals abused?
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lindseyh
Not really, but Ma kills a mouse.
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Is an animal sad?
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IndigoBlue14
The mum throws a book at a mouse to frighten it away but it is unharmed.
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Are there spiders?
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lindseyh
We only see a quick glimpse of a spider in a sink and the kid mentions how there are spiders in "Room."
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Are there bugs?
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lindseyh
Yes, there are a few bugs in the room.
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
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msegirls
i guess technically, since joy was abducted when she was 17, and subsequently routinely raped and eventually impregnated by her captor.
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TBN1994
Sort of. Jack hears it happening and counts the bed spring creaking but doesn’t realise what the noises are. it’s not on screen, it’s all from jacks POV
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Anonymous
Jack gets a haircut in one scene
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Is there throat mutilation?
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No cutting of a neck is done. Ma is strangled, which leaves bruises on her neck.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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doutsyeah
Old Nick chokes her with a pillow and she has trouble breathing
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Is someone choked?
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TBN1994
Not choked necessarily. But joy is pinned down and is unable to breathe
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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chronicallyillgoth
Ma has a pillow held over her face and struggles to breathe but doesn't die
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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There are no discussed or pictured genital injuries, though Ma is sexually assaulted frequently and gives birth to her son (prior to the setting of the movie).
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Does someone break a bone?
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hallux
ma has a painful wrist due to a fracture long ago, and there is a mention of needing surgery for it, it's not shown breaking during the film
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Does someone have a seizure?
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lindseyh
Yes, Joy seizes after she overdoses on pills in an attempt to kill herself.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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lindseyh
Ma has a "bad tooth" which hurts her when she eats. It eventually falls out and she gives it to her son.
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Is someone tortured?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
If you define captivity, dominance, deprivation and sexual assault on a regular basis as torture (a totally valid definition), then yes. My answer is based on the fact that no one in the movie is harmed with knives, pliers, electric shock, forced prolonged body positions or other pain-inducing actions typically/classically associated with the word "torture".
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
no but a child’s death is faked and in order to convince the captor that he’s really dead, ma puts on a heartbreaking performance of being a grieving parent, so it might be triggering regardless
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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overturezzzmedia
Joy’s plan to free Jack could have resulted in her being killed by Old Nick/trapped in the room (something she seems to realise when she forms it). Thankfully this doesn’t happen.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Solorbit
[Spoiler] Joy overdoes on pills in an attempt to kill herself
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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COH
However she does attempt suicide and the effect on the child and his attempt to explain this is shown
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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raii
The child destroys his own toy.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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hallux
it kinda is the main point of the movie, the first part they're confined in room
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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lindseyh
There is a scene where they are in a bathtub and also a scene where they are in a shower at a hospital, but there is no nudity.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Anonymous
The mother tries to make her son appear ill by sticking her fingers down her throat and getting sick about 35 minutes in. For a few minutes after it can be seen on a pillow. The mother also is found by her son in the bathroom getting sick at about an hour and a half in.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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hallux
when they wake up in the hospital jack mentions having wet himself during the night and then ma disposes of his underwear
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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msegirls
not sure where above commenter got that the cops that rescued the kid “sucked”. they quite literally rescued him and used his minor hints to rescue his mother
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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lindseyh
Yes, there is a scene where Jack is getting vaccinated and it shows the needle in his arm while he is crying.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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lindseyh
While there is no scene, we can assume Ma is in a facility due to her severe depression.
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Does someone have cancer?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
I have no idea what character the other commenter is talking about. If someone in the movie has breast cancer, that fact went completely over my head.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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TBN1994
Joy has depression and PTSD
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There is a suicide attempt, but no non-suicidal self-injury.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Solorbit
Joy and Jack definitely have some mental illnesses from the trauma but its not discussed with specific termonalogy
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Kaileyab
joy attempts suicide about 3/4 into the movie
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Is there misophonia?
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hallux
there are some scenes with loud chewing
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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raii
Ma is anxious, crying and hyperventilating at some point
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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KarinaM
Much of the film takes place in one small room, and at some points a child has to hide/sleep in a wardrobe
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COH
Ma attempts suicide but it is not shown on camera, only her lying on the bathroom floor next to a pile of vomit
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Ma suffers from PTSD and attempts suicide after escaping her captor (Old Nick).
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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fortz
The scene where Jack escapes from the truck
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Does a baby cry?
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Solorbit
The kid in the movie screams and cries, but he’s not a baby
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does someone miscarry?
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Yes - Ma loses her first child. It is talked about but not depicted on screen.
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Prejudice
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KarinaM
a trans person is not misgendered, but a little boy with long hair is assumed to be a girl
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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msegirls
ma was 17 when she was abducted, not 19.
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Religious
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Sex
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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msegirls
mentioned
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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COH
Ma has been r*ped but nothing is shown on camera, only the child’s more innocent retelling as he is in the closet
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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overturezzzmedia
Mental illness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
There's some minor blood on a fallen tooth, but the movie is otherwise free of this.
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