Dolores Claiborne
Movie • 1995 • Crime
ReportDolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
This movie contains 29 potentially triggering events.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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A woman has fond feelings for her deceased abusive father, but she has repressed the memories of his abuse.
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Abuse
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Sexually abusive father
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Ollie2
Shown multiple times and the scenes are pretty disturbing.
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KristenC
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The wife of an abusive husband kills him, essentially as revenge for what he's done to their daughter and family. I would say that counts.
The wife of an abusive husband kills him, essentially as revenge for what he's done to their daughter and family. I would say that counts.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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A man sexually abuses his daughter, it can be assumed that he gaslighted and manipulated her to keep her quiet, but it isn't depicted. Dolores lies to her daughter for most of her life about not killing her dad, but she didn't treat her like she was crazy for not believing her, so that's not gaslighting.
A man sexually abuses his daughter, it can be assumed that he gaslighted and manipulated her to keep her quiet, but it isn't depicted. Dolores lies to her daughter for most of her life about not killing her dad, but she didn't treat her like she was crazy for not believing her, so that's not gaslighting.
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Twie
There is explicit showing of sexual child abuse with the father being the perpetrator and the daughter being the survivor. The scene is pretty long and very disturbing even for people without trauma. There is also very explicit talk about incest.
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Addiction
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darkwingedove
Selena takes pills to numb herself
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Ollie2
One character seems addicted to cigarettes and prescription medication. Multiple characters are addicted to alcohol.
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magnus
the main characters father is an alcoholic
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A wheelchair bound woman backhands her live-in caretaker. A teenage girl slaps her mother in a fit of rage.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Not the word explicitly but there is forcible coerced sexual contact depicted and discussed
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Is someone restrained?
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A husband and wife fight physically and chase each other, there is a lot of grabbing and restraining
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there is a scene where the main character is molested it is very upsetting to watch
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No but there is a sexual assault scene that could be very triggering especially because it involves a child.
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Bodily Harm
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One character cuts her neck with broken Christmas ornament glass.
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Are any hands damaged?
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A character describes how rough, raw, and painful her hands would become after hanging wet sheets to dry in the cold winter air. We don't see any particularly damaged hands, however.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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GwendolynCox
Choking with hands during a domestic abuse incident
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Is someone choked?
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A husband chokes his wife briefly and throws her to the ground
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Does someone break a bone?
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Dolores trips and injures her ankle but it doesn't seem severe or broken.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Vera falls down the stairs *spoiler* to her death
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A main character falls to their death down a well.
A main character falls to their death down a well.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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darkwingedove
13 year old Selena is described by her abusive father as being “a tease”
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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A woman plays someone who is much older than she really is and is wheelchair bound. But she also plays the younger, able-bodied version of that woman.
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Are there jump scares?
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A character abruptly gets hit on the head mid-sentence with a ceramic pitcher, the sound is quite loud
A character abruptly gets hit on the head mid-sentence with a ceramic pitcher, the sound is quite loud
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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The ocean
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Yes, Vera is bedridden and wets herself and the sheets are changed.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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No. The opposite. A detective plays an antagonist.
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Does someone have cancer?
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GwendolynCox
Cancer is mentioned once in regard to a very minor character
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A teenage girl is shown engaging in acts of self harm, as well as drug and alcohol abuse as an adult.
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I’m not sure who voted no but (spoiler) a character does die by suicide due to being bedridden and in pain and not wanting to live that way anymore. Another character cuts her neck with a piece of broken glass, is unsuccessful in this attempt.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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A character describes herself as having had a "nervous breakdown" when she was a teen, we see a brief moment of her breaking down and self harming in a flashback. She also has some mild breakdowns as an adult.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Multiple characters make attempts on their own lives. One succeeds and one doesn’t.
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32:10
A character abruptly gets hit on the head mid-sentence with a ceramic pitcher, the sound is quite loud
A character abruptly gets hit on the head mid-sentence with a ceramic pitcher, the sound is quite loud
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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KristenC
"6 f-words, 15 scatological terms, many moderate obscenities, and some obscene graffiti" from IMDb
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Are there fat jokes?
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One character constantly berates another for being fat and not looking like swimsuit models
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Not in the sense of a traditional relationship, but a father is attracted to, and sexually abuses, his teenage daughter.
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darkwingedove
*spoiler* a big reveal is that the (dead) father sexually abused their teenage daughter
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Is there sexual content?
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There's one disturbing scene that shows the sexual abuse of a teenage girl, but no nudity is seen and the actions occurring are just barely beyond the periphery of the screen.
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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KristenC
What klaong describes is true in the book, not the movie. In the movie she is mostly lucid and no strokes are depicted or mentioned.
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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darkwingedove
Vera is very ill towards the end of her life. Unspecified illness
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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In the book, Vera does. In this movie, aside from mentioning something about days where she is "not thinking straight", she seems pretty cognisant.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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gatorgirlgab
It doesn’t crash exactly but (spoiler) Selena is drunk and sort of crashes her car in a ditch in an attempt to drive away, gives up and goes back into the house
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Is there blood/gore?
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No gore, but some blood is seen on several characters who experience injuries (some intentionally injure themselves).
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Is there gun violence?
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There is a scene with gun noises, some teens shoot them into the air while driving.
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