Bad Times At El Royale

Movie • 2018 • Thriller  

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Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
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Does the dog die?
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No dogs in this movie :)
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Is there BDSM?
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No, but two teenagers are manipulated/bullied into violently fighting each other
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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IrinaVerene
Not in the typical sense, but a girl is in a cult and in a relationship with the cult leader whom she is shown to idolize.
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Is someone stalked?
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8BitMonkey
[!!! SPOILERS !!!]
[!!! SPOILERS !!!]
[!!! SPOILERS !!!]
it's revealed that each of the guest's rooms have one-way mirrors, and another character admits that they're forced by their bosses to use them to watch and record people having s*x.
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In a flashback a young girl is seen lying on the floor with an injury on her forehead. It is implied that it was inflicted by her father just before the start of the shot
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MmmKK
There is cult indoctrination
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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A young girl is hit by her father and it is heavily implied that he sexually abuses her little sister
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Addiction
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8BitMonkey
one of the characters is shown passed out with a heroin needle in their arm.
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Is there addiction?
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Kaleigh
Heroin/morphine. There's a brief image of someone passed out with a needle in their arm.
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8BitMonkey
no alcoholism is depicted, but characters are frequently seen drinking casually.
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Anonymous
Kid shoots a bird near the end.
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Are animals abused?
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MmmKK
Verbal description of near b*********y perpetrated upon a captured wolf
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Bananawesome
There's taxidermy animals in the lobby, if that counts. Also a bird is shot at the end, but we only see it from a distance
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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IrinaVerene
There is an attempt, but the would-be victim notices what the perpetrator is up to and hits him in the head. It is later discussed why this happened (not for sexual assault reasons or anything like that).
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone restrained?
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MmmKK
Implied sexual relationship between Rosie who appears teenaged with adult bad guy/cult leader who has brainwashed her.
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Bodily Harm
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Someone is stabbed in the abdomen with a knife at around 02:09:00
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Kaleigh
A character is shot and you can hear their ragged breathing.
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Anonymous
No but characters are badly burned by fire during a fight and at the end the remaining alive characters must escape a room that is engulfed by flames. They do this very slowly and it's anxiety inducing but they do not catch fire.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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HonestlyAwesome
No physical torture, it was psychological.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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IrinaVerene
Yes, at the end of the final fight. There is also a past stabbing being implied with flashbacks of a character standing over an unidentified body with a knife in her hand.
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Anonymous
There is some gore but i wouldn't call it excessive and it's very stylized, like less bloody tarantino
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Unless I'm missing something big, i think people are voting "yes" on lots of teenagers of unspecified ages. No little kid dies per my recollection.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Leeb
a character that dies has one scene establishing an off screen child
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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MerelyMyself
Off-screen, a character is kidnapped by someone who is trying to get them out of a bad situation. We see the kidnapped character tied up.
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Does someone cheat?
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Anonymous
Descriptions of senators, celebrities, etc. (And an implied JFK) cheating w sex workers. Also cult leader implied to use sex to control his cult, w relationships all the members he wants, but putting them in competition w each other for his affections.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Anonymous
I have trouble with jumpscares and nothing in this film bothered or upset me in that way.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Ashhhhhhhhh
There are taxidermies in the background occasionally
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Anonymous
Law enforcement is portrayed as pretty corrupt, inept, and self important.
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IrinaVerene
It is revealed that one of the characters spent several years in prison and he is shown in his cell as well as in the prison infirmay
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Loss
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Kind of- a tape recording that is said to be very valuable is burned, but it doesn’t have strong religious or cultural significance
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Bananawesome
Only that brief image of a character with a needle in his arm. We never see a needle enter the skin
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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IrinaVerene
Yes, after the prison cell scene there is a scene in the prison infirmary.
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Is there menstruation?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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8BitMonkey
it's somewhat unclear. a character is shown to have violent/murderous tendencies through a flashback in which they're shown holding a bloody knife over the body of their father. this character is also shown to be mostly emotionless and treats murder and violence very apathetically. a cult leader takes advantage of this and essentially brainwashes them.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there misophonia?
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Kaleigh
In the final scene, one young man has his PTSD triggered and he's shown in extreme distress.
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Anonymous
Vietnam vet, young kid, says he's killed over 100 ppl, flashbacks to him in war surrounded by dead bodies, and then the young man is extremely distressed for most of the film.
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Thunderstorms/lightning
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Paranoia
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Ashhhhhhhhh
Minor spoiler: it is revealed that all rooms at the El Royale have a two-way mirror
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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IrinaVerene
"N*gro" is used multiple times
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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MmmKK
No, but there are racist comments made in the first 20 minutes of the film.
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Is there hate speech?
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8BitMonkey
taking place in the late 60s, multiple characters use the term "n*gro" to define black people.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Is there bestiality?
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0
it is mentioned, the character describes it as not sexual, but not completely not sexual either
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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MmmKK
Implication off-screen incest by the sisters' father upon Rosie
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HonestlyAwesome
None on screen, but it is discussed/alluded to.
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Jesse Wesse
This is somewhat debatable. Its not a 100% happy ending, but a few of the protagonists survive and make a good future.

I'd say it has a happy ending, but that also depends on which characters you get attached to.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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HonestlyAwesome
Crash is not shown on screen
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Does a plane crash?
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Anonymous
A bank bus overturned bc a car hit it, people are inside and it's discussed if they'll survive
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Bananawesome
Blood, yes. Gore, I'd say no. But depends on your definition
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Bananawesome
Several people are shot in the movie. Some of them at close range, which makes the imagery especially gruesome and bloody. However, we never really see the wounds and it's all very quick
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