Does the dog die?
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Citizen Ruth
Movie • 1996 • Comedy
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No, just using this slot to warn that this entire movie is a total triggerfest in a way that individual CW's might not imply. Nearly all of the characters are unlikeable and most things that happen in it are upsetting.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Abuse
Is there domestic violence?
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Sorta. A child is gut-punched briefly, but not by his parents and it is not founded in a history of violence.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Ruth is manipulated throughout the film.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Ruth is addicted to huffing chemicals.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Not horribly, but teens drink, alcohol is used as a coping mechanism, and a pregnant woman drinks while pregnant.
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Ruth uses aerosol chemicals, weed, and alcohol (references tobacco).
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Assault
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Bodily Harm
Is someone tortured?
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Depends on your definition. The whole movie is about a woman being badgered to both have and not have an abortion by masses of people, as a martyr.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Ruth shortly struggles to breathe several times throughout the film and a child struggles to breath after being sucker-punched.
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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Not a shower, but a bath scene is shown.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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When the cops are arresting Ruth towards the beginning of the movie, she vomits on the hood of the cop car.
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Does someone spit?
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Ruth spits after trying to huff some bathroom chemicals under the sink.
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Ruth is taken to the hospital by the cops near the beginning, a "clinic" to talk her out of an abortion (people talk to her under the pretense of being medical professionals), and at the end, Ruth is taken to an abortion clinic.
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Mental Health
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Not quite, but Ruth feels very boxed in and can't leave on several occasions because of protesters outside.
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Lots of language including c*nt. A couple of people give each other the finger at the abortion clinic.
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Ruth miscarries.
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Are there abortions?
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The whole movie is about abortion. While Ruth does not have one, women enter the abortion clinic as protestors yell.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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There's a baby being held in a scene where the "baby savers" are singing.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Ruth suffers from extreme addiction issues and clearly has serious mental health issues, as well, and is treated with extreme condescension (like she is "stupid" and therefore whatever she thinks doesn't matter so all decisions must be made for her) by everyone who encounters her.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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There aren't any characters of color in the entire movie.
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Is there hate speech?
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Racist lyrics in song, implied homophobia (and slur), and sexist remarks are used throughout portions of the film.
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Does the black guy die first?
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There are no Black characters.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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The word dy*e is used.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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No, but the three explicitly queer characters are portrayed in EXTREMELY negative stereotypical terms.
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Sex
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Ruth says that she had to suck her mother's boyfriend's c**k when she was younger.
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Is there sexual content?
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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At the beginning of the film, Ruth has nowhere to stay and seems to spend a night on the street. She also says she has slept in dumpsters before.
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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No, but a anti-abortion protester throws himself dramatically on the hood of a car going into an abortion clinic.
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Violence
Is there gun violence?
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Not heavy, a shotgun is used to threaten trespassers and near the end of the film Ruth has a gun and threatens to use it but doesn't.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Not really, however a ceramic toilet cover is dropped on a man's head from quite a height to incapacitate him.
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