The Holdovers
Movie
ReportAlexander Payne's new Prep School Comedy starring Paul Giamatti.
This movie contains 19 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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heyolmstead
No, although some of the parents are portrayed as ditching their kids over the holiday break. Could trigger this.
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Abuse
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
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EamonToPlease
Angus takes an antidepressant that's been prescribed to him. Paul recreationally consumes a few pills from Angus's prescription bottle.
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Is there addiction?
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EamonToPlease
Paul drinks frequently but doesn't seem to be addicted to alcohol.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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heyolmstead
Multiple apparent instances of drunk driving.
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Animal
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Ajb
A brief mention of it in conversation.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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EamonToPlease
A bully shoves one of his classmates, but the fight doesn't escalate beyond shoving.
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Bodily Harm
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Are any hands damaged?
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EamonToPlease
A bully pulls a classmate's winter glove off and throws it away in retaliation.
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Are there dislocations?
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bruisecontrol
A teenaged character acts recklessly and dislocates a shoulder. It is not shown immediately, but in the exam room at the clinic it is shown and is visibly out of socket
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Does someone break a bone?
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Dislocated shoulder
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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heyolmstead
The death isn't shown, but a mother morning the loss of her son is a central plot element of the movie. The son's death is discussed many times.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does someone die?
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EamonToPlease
Mary's husband and son die (separately) before the story begins.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Fear
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Rncampbell
There is a lake or stream at the school where a kid throws his glove in.
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Ajb
When one of the young boys is crying in the night he says he had a nightmare and an accident. But it does not show it and he does not get ridiculed for it.
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Does someone vomit?
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Unicorn105
there is a mention of vomit when the janitor comes to the dinner table after the gym scene but no visual and i did not hear any audio
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Does someone spit?
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EamonToPlease
Paul symbolically spits a mouthful of liquor in the direction of his former workplace.
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Is there farting?
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EamonToPlease
Paul farts once while getting ready for bed.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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EamonToPlease
The film is set in the early 1970s, so no.
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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A boy’s photograph of his family is stolen and graffitied by another boy.
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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bruisecontrol
Two characters take a medication for depression, and a teenager visits his father in a long term inpatient facility where he was hospitalized for schizophrenia
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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heyolmstead
Not depicted, but we briefly hear about it.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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EamonToPlease
Heard, yes. Watched, no.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Does the black guy die first?
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heyolmstead
Not during the movie. In the timeline of the movie, one kid was killed just before the story starts. He was black.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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Unicorn105
sex jokes and a pottery piece showing sex but no sex between characters
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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spubs
A young boy is told by a teenager that if anyone else hears him crying than they will make fun of him. But the teenager himself doesn't make fun of him.
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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spubs
bittersweet
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Not on screen, but mentioned
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Violence
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