Desperately Seeking Susan

Movie • 1985 • Comedy  

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Roberta is a bored suburban housewife who is fascinated with a woman, Susan, she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of the newspaper. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline "Desperately Seeking Susan" proposes a rendezvous. Roberta goes too, and in a series of events involving amnesia and mistaken identity, steps into Susan's life.
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Does the dog die?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Does a pet die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is someone stalked?
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amincass
Roberta stalks Susan through news paper adds ' she is not being malicious she's just encredably bored but she is still being creepy


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Is there domestic violence?
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An amnesiac is unwittingly convinced she is someone she is not.
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Is a child abused?
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Two characters smoke cannabis.
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Is there addiction?
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Not really, no one’s drunk, only pseudoSusan gets a tiny bit tipsy
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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There’s a cute cat that pops by Dez’s but nothing ever happens to him beyond cutely lapping up milk:)

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Are animals abused?
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There are doves and a duck used in a magic show. They do not appear to be harmed, but a cage is shown that is supposed to contain the doves.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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A woman falls unconscious after a bump on the head.
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Is there cannibalism?
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A move theater is playing a b-movie film about mutant cannibals; we see a scene briefly.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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In aforementioned b-movie.
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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A minor character is said to have fallen to his death as read about in the papers. An accompanying, non-graphic, photo is shown.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does someone cheat?
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yes but not knowingly. there is also implied cheating by the character being cheated on
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Fear
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Said chase ends in a capture that is jarring.
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Hot tubs are seen in use.
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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A moment of panic or two.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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A character is a magician's assistant and panics when she is in a saw-in-half contraption.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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A fairly tame joke by a comedian that a man 'from Queens' implies his parents are homosexuals.
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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A man watches a woman getting dressed (bare breasts are seen); all other sexuality is dialogue specific.
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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An antagonist brandishes a gun. No one is killed.
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