The Rider
Movie • 2018 • Drama
ReportOnce a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.
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Are animals abused?
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Depends if you think rodeo is inherently abusive; opinions vary.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Marijuana, also prescription pills.
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Does a horse die?
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KarlyBlack
A horse's leg is injured and is shot offscreen, but you hear the gunshot.
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Apollo injures his leg and has to be shot
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Is there a dead animal?
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FourFluffleteers
A rabbit is killed off screen but then shown dead graphically
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Are there bugs?
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I think one bug is very briefly shown, admit I'm not sure.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Sid
Brady’s head was injured in an accident right before the events of the film, and his wound is seen graphically multiple times, as well as descriptions of the brain damage he has
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Does someone break a bone?
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Sandphin
A character is shown with a cast on his arm. We don't see the arm get broken.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Sid
Brady has a couple of seizures, although they aren’t the tonic-clonic seizures you usually see in films. His hand frequently cramps up, and on two occasions he vomits and passes out
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Does a parent die?
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Off screen, in the past only.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Twice
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Does someone vomit?
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Brady vomits when he has seizures
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Does someone spit?
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Spit, several times
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Brady goes to the hospital for seizures, and he visits his friend Lane who lives in a care facility that looks like a hospital
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Pregnancy
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Sid
Not at all. Brady realises that riding at the rodeo will likely cause a seizure, and he realises that his family is what is important to him. He comes to terms with his disability and walks away from the rodeo to be embraced by his dad. Then he visits Lane and has a cathartic conversation with him
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Is there blood/gore?
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Sandphin
Mostly at the very beginning, when we see his head wound. One other time, when the horse is injured, the bloody leg is shown.
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