Does the dog die?
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Klaus
Movie • 2019 • Animation
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When 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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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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Abuse
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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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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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There is implied gaslighting in the start of the movies.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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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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Does a cat die?
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There aren't any cats in the movie.
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No, but there's a whale skeleton.
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Is there a dead animal?
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There are dead fish, and a few animal skeletons. However, there isn't anything too graphic.
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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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Does a horse die?
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There is a horse that pulls a carriage, but it doesn't die.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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There are no rabbits in the movie.
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Are there spiders?
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There IS a spider. Ignore the No's. It doesn't do anything, though - and it's animated. :)
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Is someone restrained?
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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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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Basically all the town bullies each other
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone burned alive?
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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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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Dead fish are cut/chopped/sliced up.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Jesper struggles to breath after being picked up and held by a large person.
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Does someone break a bone?
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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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There are falls from high places, but no one dies.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Jesper nearly sacrifices himself to save the "toys" towards the climax of the film, but he ends up alright.
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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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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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Disability
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Family
Does a parent die?
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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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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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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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Are there ghosts?
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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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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Jesper travels to the island Smeerensburg via ferry, which has to cross an ocean. Several brief scenes take place on the ferry or the town docks.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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no, but there are a few g*gging scenes.
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Does someone spit?
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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
Are needles/syringes used?
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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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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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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Natural Disasters
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Noxious
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Santa watches the children open their presents
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Mention of someone who failed to have children, but whether or not the children were stillborn is never explicitly mentioned.
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Does someone miscarry?
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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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No, but there's a mention that Klaus's wife died sometime after they failed to have children.
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Are there abortions?
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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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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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There are a couple of comments made towards Klaus (and a few other characters), but nothing too serious.
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Klaus is called "it" at one point by Jesper as a joke.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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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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Is there hate speech?
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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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Does the black guy die first?
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There are no black characters in this movie.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Religion isn’t discussed but there is Christian iconography given the Christmas premise.
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Sex
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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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Is someone terminally ill?
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A character dies of an illness before the events of the movie.
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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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
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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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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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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Does a car crash?
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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
Is there blood/gore?
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There are fish bones and a little blood, but nothing intense.
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Is there gun violence?
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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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