Does the dog die?
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Klaus
Movie • 2019 • Animation
ReportWhen Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy's worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.
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ProfessorProcyon
There aren't any dogs in the movie, aside from the Krum family's pet dogs. They don't die, though.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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luluGogo
There is implied gaslighting in the start of the movies.
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
One child appears to be locked up in his room or house some/most of the time, but the situation is unclear. We do see him play outside, so it's sort of confusing.
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Addiction
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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ProfessorProcyon
There is a horse that pulls a carriage, but it doesn't die.
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but there's a whale skeleton.
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Are animals abused?
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HWilliams
A horse is old and pulls a sled too heavy for it, but it is fine and treated well otherwise (just tired). The moment is purely meant to be comical.
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Is there a dead animal?
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ProfessorProcyon
There are dead fish, and a few animal skeletons. However, there isn't anything too graphic.
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Does a cat die?
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ProfessorProcyon
There aren't any cats in the movie.
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Are there spiders?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
There IS a spider. Ignore the No's. It doesn't do anything, though - and it's animated. :)
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Are there bugs?
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A cockroach crawls out of a dolls head about 20 minutes into the movie
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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manaphy
Jesper is picked up by Klaus several times, and his mouth is covered to quiet him down. He doesn't get hurt by this and ends up okay.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Dead fish are cut/chopped/sliced up.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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MSCkindheart
Jesper struggles to breath after being picked up and held by a large person.
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Is someone burned alive?
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HWilliams
Jesper lands in a fireplace, but only has his coattails set on fire.
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Is there a hanging?
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There are nooses, but no hangings.
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Does someone break a bone?
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HWilliams
No broken bones, but cartoon injuries (example: falling from high place, implied broken bones, but getting back up seconds later)
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Does someone fall to their death?
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ProfessorProcyon
There are falls from high places, but no one dies.
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Children
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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ProfessorProcyon
Jesper nearly sacrifices himself to save the "toys" towards the climax of the film, but he ends up alright.
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Does a major character die?
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(SPOILER) Klaus dies in the end and their as short emotional part in the last minutes of the movie.
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Does someone die?
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There is a mention of Klaus wife Lydia, when she became ill and in the end Klaus does die and there is a short part in the ending that may seem emotional.
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Disability
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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ProfessorProcyon
Spoiler: There is a mention that Klaus's old wife, Lydia, died of an unspecified illness. She wasn't a parent (in fact, that's kind of what makes this even more upsetting), but I still want to point that out.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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ProfessorProcyon
Mild spoiler: There's a scene where it's believed that numerous toys fell off a cliff, but they turned out to have just been wrapped firewood.
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Fear
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Are there ghosts?
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HWilliams
Klaus's wife's spirit implied to follow him, guiding him in the right direction in the form of wind and snow.
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Is there a shower scene?
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A man is having a bath when someone knocks over the house he’s in. Bubbles and scrubbing but nothing else
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Does someone vomit?
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dreamfast
no, but there are a few g*gging scenes.
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Does someone spit?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Someone spits discreetly at one point towards the end of the movie. I only noticed because the subtitles said "(spits)".
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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HWilliams
They aren't used, per say, but one front yard has spikes in the front to ward off neighbors (no one actually touches the spikes). Being an animated movie, the spikes aren't realistic. The scene with the fish shop and meeting Klaus for the first time also has some hooks present (again, not used).
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Does someone have cancer?
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ProfessorProcyon
Spoiler: Klaus's wife is indirectly mentioned to have died from a disease. Although the illness is never specified and it's fairly unlikely that it was from cancer, I still feel like it's important to mention.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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ProfessorProcyon
Mention of someone who failed to have children, but whether or not the children were stillborn is never explicitly mentioned.
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Are there abortions?
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HWilliams
Klaus mentions his wife failing to have a child, but it is not explained any further. (Unknown whether abortion, miscarriage, or fertility issue)
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Does someone miscarry?
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HWilliams
Possibly-- Klaus and his wife fail to have children, but it is not elaborated on.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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ProfessorProcyon
No, but there's a mention that Klaus's wife died sometime after they failed to have children.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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ProfessorProcyon
There are a couple of comments made towards Klaus (and a few other characters), but nothing too serious.
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manaphy
Klaus is called "it" at one point by Jesper as a joke.
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Does the black guy die first?
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manaphy
There are no black characters in this movie.
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Is there hate speech?
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ProfessorProcyon
No explicit hate speech, but the main character does ask "What's wrong with her mouth?" when he encounters someone speaking in a foreign language. It seems to be more of a misunderstanding than trying to be offensive, however. (Some languages simply change the line to "What is she saying?")
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Perhaps a hint. One character thinks another character's behaviour is crazy, but since he's afraid of him, he says, "Wow... That's... totally normal! Not a sign of any mental illness or anything" - obviously really being of the opinion that it must be.
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hopethishelps
No, but a little into the movie the main character shouts «Thanks dad!» repeatedly which can become troubling for some.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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manaphy
Homelessness is mentioned, the main character is cut off by his father financially and his father suggests if he fails he'll end up "in the gutter." This is referred to a couple times.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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KobiReichard
Klaus takes a very comfortable and sweet view of the Santa mythology.
Could be argued that showing Santa as a once living man might spoil certain beliefs of the Santa myth. Overall though very sweet and true to the feeling of Christmas and Santa
Could be argued that showing Santa as a once living man might spoil certain beliefs of the Santa myth. Overall though very sweet and true to the feeling of Christmas and Santa
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Does it have a sad ending?
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HWilliams
Bittersweet ending-- Klaus dies, but lives on through the spirit of Christmas. Every year, Jesper sees him again, delivering toys. Everyone is happy.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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HWilliams
A sled crashes. Being an animated movie, everyone is fine (except the sled), and it's more comical than anything else.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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HWilliams
There are fish bones and a little blood, but nothing intense.
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Is there gun violence?
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EvilHag
There is a man with a gun, an old weird looking thing, and he does shoot at a door which the main character is hiding behind, but they dodge.
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