A Monster Calls

Movie • 2016 • Drama  

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A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.
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Does the dog die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is an animal sad?
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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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Is there body horror?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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The main character is bullied, wouldn't say its child abuse as such but it also is
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone stalked?
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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yes but they prescription drugs and they are used as instructed
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Animal
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Does a cat die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Does a pet die?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a horse die?
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Are there spiders?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there bugs?
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Are there snakes?
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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Bodily Harm
Is there excessive gore?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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A kid steps on another kid’s hand, it clearly hurts but there’s no gore
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Are any teeth damaged?
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20llux
Re: crushed to death. it’s like two seconds long
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is there cannibalism?
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There is a brief moment during the first story where a prince is stepped on by a giant.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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20llux
There is a tree being who grows branches that are snapped off by himself, accident, and by someone else. This doesn’t appear to bother him at all.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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poptart
The mother struggles to catch her breath for a bit, but recovers.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Multiple characters are shows to fall to their deaths at different times
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Does a kid die?
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silencesilence
No but a character tells a creepy story about a man who loses his two daughters.
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Is an infant abducted?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
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not a toy but a beloved item is intentionally messed up
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Does a parent die?
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The whole movie is about kid coming to terms with grief and loss, as his sick mother is slowly loosing possible solutions to her illness, at the end of the movie mother dies.
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Does someone cheat?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
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20llux
There are very sudden loud noises and scene changes, flashes like nightmares
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there ghosts?
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Does someone vomit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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20llux
A character is in hospital and there are wires/sensors and possibly IVs but it’s not clearly shown either way.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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emopeach
an animated woman is shown to throw herself off a cliff during the 1st story, an a child attempts to fall into void during 4th story but is prevented
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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selmers
it's hard to say - the main character gets violent and destroys things as a result of his grief and trauma, but it isn't really portrayed as him being mentally ill and violent
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Is there misophonia?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Does a baby cry?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Are there abortions?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Is there hate speech?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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There is a story that has a woman try to marry her step-grandson, he rejects her and it doesn’t go through.
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Is there sexual content?
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
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Anonymous
although two people have said it does not have a sad ending,it very much does, if you dont like sad endings dont watch this movie
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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no, but one does drive recklessly in the rain at night and it can be anxiety inducing
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a plane crash?
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There is a scene towards the end where a character is driving very fast and has to slam on the brakes as a railroad gate closes.
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Violence
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Is there gun violence?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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