Alex Strangelove

Movie • 2018 • Romance  

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Alex Truelove is on a quest to lose his virginity, an event eagerly awaited by his patient girlfriend and cheered on with welcome advice by his rowdy friends. But Alex, a super gregarious dude, is oddly unmotivated. A magical house party throws Alex into the presence of Elliot, a hunky college guy, who pegs Alex as gay and flirts hard. Alex is taken aback but after a series of setbacks on the girlfriend front he takes the plunge and learns some interesting new facts about himself.
This movie contains 12 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Kind of. Some people go to find other people, and they call it stalking as a joke, but it’s not actually.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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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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Are animals abused?
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There is a brief conversation on and joke about beastiality
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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In the very first scene
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
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violetbooklover
But there is an “joke” about NAMBLA (a pedophilic “organization”)
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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joanizzy
No, but when a character is experiencing psychedelic effects, he hallucinates a toad choking him.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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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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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Family
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
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At one point, two people slam their faces up against a window unexpectedly with crappy monkey masks. However, they are not bad.
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joanizzy
There is a flashback to Alex being bullied by his peers in a shower/locker room setting.
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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zofia
At minute 27:10 in the bathroom scene.
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Claire’s mother has it, no cancer-related stuff is ever shown, only talked about.
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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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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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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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
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joanizzy
A character discusses his father's use of the f-slur in passing, but there is no aggression in his use of the word. In a flashback, a character is bullied by his peers and they use the f-slur multiple times in a mocking and aggressive manner.
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joanizzy
A character teases another by calling him "Special ED" at one point, but there is no malicious intent. When a character submits an essay about his experience with an autistic child to college, his father says "That's good, autism's good," and the other, calling out his father's insensitive word choice, sarcastically says "Yeah, it's a good thing we have autistic people to help us get into college." Don't know if it counts but better safe than sorry, as it certainly rubbed me the wrong way. There are variants of the r-slur used throughout the movie. There is no ableist language or behavior used toward anyone who is actually disabled.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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legolasgimlis
Not exactly, but there are insensitive comments that are transphobic.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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joanizzy
The f-slur is used multiple times, sometimes in an aggressive manner. A character is repeatedly extremely ignorant and dismissive of bi people, trans people, pan people, and just queer people in general. At one point a character dismisses polyamory as "some new thing kids at our school are trying." There is some ableist language used, but not in an aggressive manner, which I commented on under that section.
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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joanizzy
YES. Sex is central to the plot. Graphic sexual language is used. There are two (attempted) sex scenes that are both incredibly awkward and uncomfortable and end poorly.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
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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ilikethefallingapart
no one drowns but there is a part where the main character is underwater in a pool for an extended period of time when he is semiconscious and having flashbacks. it could be anxiety inducing or triggering for some. then he gets out of the pool and is not harmed.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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