Beautiful Boy

Movie • 2018 • Drama  

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After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
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Does the dog die?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Are there dislocations?
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Abandonment
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therealkashadavis
Quite the opposite. Father sticks with his son through all of his toughest moments
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Anonymous
drug abuse is a main plot point within this film
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Is there addiction?
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Anonymous
the main character is based on a real life person who has suffered from drug addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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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
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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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 beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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teethforhair
when a character overdoses but is resuscitated by CPR, she struggles to breath when coming back to and chokes.
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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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Is someone choked?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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therealkashadavis
Graphic injection scars all along a man’s arm.
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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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therealkashadavis
*Spoilers* After ODing, Nic can be seen unconscious under the floor from underneath a bathroom stall
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Does someone break a bone?
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The main character overdosed on drugs and begins to seize on the floor of a public washroom
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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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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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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teethforhair
a teenager dies of an overdose and the mother is seen in mourning talking explicitly about her death.
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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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therealkashadavis
Someone is mentioned to have died of an overdose
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
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awesomeunicornsigma26
nic overdoses at the end of the movie, he’s seen injecting himself with drugs then passing out on the floor, it talks about how the amount of drugs in his body should’ve killed him
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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therealkashadavis
Ocean is seen many times throughout the film
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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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Are there razors?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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ellamccarville
the first is at around 0:08:45 (no visual) and the second is 0:17:35 (visual but no sound)
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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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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
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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
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Anonymous
One of the main characters injects meth many times onscreen.
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rferg16
The scene only shows a drug rehabilitation center.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there menstruation?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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Nic the main character battles with depression and anxiety the whole movie
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What content?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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One of the main characters attempts to overdose and is seen writing what I would interpret to be a suicide note.
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We see a lot of scenes from nics perspective while he’s under the influence of meth and cocaine
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there misophonia?
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It is not portrayed in the movie, but many scenes could trigger misophonia.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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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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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
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kinda??? like hes in the shower and water is pouring in his head but not like actually underwater
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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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it's not a baby but a toddler does cry and scream
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Is there screaming?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
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I’m not sure if this counts but there’s a scene where nic and his girlfriend sneak into David’s house without knowing and he sees them come home and runs away
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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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Is there childbirth?
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no there is no childbirth
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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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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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
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There’s a brief moment where a girl talks about her experience at rehab and she says it’s all about god
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Sex
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Is there bestiality?
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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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teethforhair
there is a shower sex scene that shows very little nudity.
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Is there BDSM?
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Sexism
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therealkashadavis
Male character is sent to rehab and cries, and his father expresses a disappointment
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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2005
if you consider addiction a chronic illness, than yes, but otherwise no
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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2005
nic is without a home for a lot of the movie while he is on drugs
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Anonymous
Honestly, the movie is pretty bleak all the way through, but the screen titles at the end do assure you that the drug-addicted character is currently alive and 8 years clean so it could have been worse.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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emospongebob
No gore, but a very very small amount of blood when a character injects drugs into them
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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