Love & Mercy
Movie • 2015 • Drama
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In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, Wilson, under the sway of a controlling therapist, finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
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The main character, an adult, describes in emotional and graphic detail his experience being physically abused as a child.
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Brian's father Murray physically abused him as a child and continues to verbally abuse him as an adult.
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Brian's therapist Landy constantly gaslights him.
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Yes. In the airplane scene, Brian has a panic attack and hyperventilates.
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No, but if falling in general is a concern, there is a scene where Brian willfully falls back into a swimming pool.
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very short, two characters kiss with their clothes on
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Brian has a house on the beach and we see the ocean
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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