Boys on the Side
Movie • 1995 • Drama
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After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Robin's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.
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First 20 minutes there’s a scene with one of the leads and her abusive boyfriend. **spoilers** you can skip it, all you need to know is she hits him with a bat in self defense, they tie him up, she takes a picture with him that’s reference later, and they didn’t know he died from the injury until later.
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The abusive boyfriend (and the main lead who dates him is implied to do things as well, and she does do marijuana later)
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An abusive boyfriend does. There is also casual drinking throughout.
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One of the leads is struggling with having an important conversation with her love interest and says “I’m a little drunk” to get out of a make out session. He follows her and says she’s beautiful and they go back to it. Everything is consensual, even when she asks to stop again he respects it.
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Is there pedophilia?
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A man makes sexual comments about a 12 year olds body while commenting on her age as well.
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But the abusive boyfriend is tied up so they can leave
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** spoilers ** Abusive boyfriend is hit with a bat in self defense. There is blood on him but he is alive when they leave. He dies from the injuries later and is shown falling over.
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Nick gets knocked out during his fight with Holly.
Robin collapses twice, first in a diner and then after the trial towards the end.
Robin collapses twice, first in a diner and then after the trial towards the end.
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Film was made before 9/11.
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One of the leads dates a cop. Whoopi’s character pokes fun at him a lot though. He’s a bit of a joke for all his “following the law” bit.
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Holly tells Robin about Jane being a lesbian, under the assumption that she already knows this.
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The child who was mentioned dying died of cancer.
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Once at the end of act 1 and again at the end for the same character
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Namely a scene where two of the leads discuss what to call their vaginas that ends with both of them exclaiming C**T multiple times
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One of the leads becomes pregnant. Abortion is mentioned briefly & she says why she doesn’t want to have one.
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**spoiler** it’s NOT Whoopi’s character
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Lots of people balk at Whoopi being a Black lesbian. Her friends are a little bit Straight™ & it’s kind of comical the convo they have about her, but they still love her even in their “I’ve never met a/another lesbian before” admissions.
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Someone does die and there’s a lot of build up for it. It’s bittersweet somewhat.
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