Desperately Seeking Susan
Movie • 1985 • Comedy
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Roberta disappears without telling her husband
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An amnesiac is unwittingly convinced she is someone she is not.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone stalked?
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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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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Not really, no one’s drunk, only pseudoSusan gets a tiny bit tipsy
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Two characters smoke cannabis.
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The cat is safe!
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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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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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Not really, except for pretend in a magic show illusion where a woman is sawed in half.
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Is someone restrained?
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A woman is restrained by a man trying to kill her, and later by the police
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Yes, the blonde guy grabs Susan and covers her mouth to keep her from screaming
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Death
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Very minor character is killed at the beginning
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Does someone cheat?
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Gary admits to having an affair with an off-screen character. Roberta cheats on Gary too. At first she doesn't remember being married, but she does continue to cheat when she regains her memory.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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A character is taken hostage.
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Fear
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Said chase ends in a capture that is jarring.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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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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Is there a shower scene?
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Does a head get squashed?
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In aforementioned b-movie.
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Is there decapitation?
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No although there is a magic trick where a woman is sawed in half. She's perfectly fine though.
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Is there incarceration?
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A couple of characters are temporarily put in jail.
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No, though for a while a woman is an amnesiac and has no sense of her own identity
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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A moment of panic or two.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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A woman falls unconscious after a bump on the head.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Red lights flashing as a police car drives up to a scene.
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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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Self Harm
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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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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No, however a man does grab a woman and the police think that it’s pimp related violence which isn’t actually the case but the scene might make survivors a little uneasy, so proceed with caution
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Is someone homeless?
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A homeless person is shown sleeping outside a club multiple times. One of the main characters is a woman without a permanent home and seems to crash wherever someone will take her.
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Does a car crash?
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Only a minor one. Susan hits the rear bumper of another car as she attempts to parallel park.
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Is there gun violence?
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An antagonist brandishes a gun. No one is killed.
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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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Does someone fall to their death?
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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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Does someone become unconscious?
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