Adaptation

Movie • 2002 • Comedy  

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A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
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Is someone stalked?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Does a pet die?
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A fox about 3:45 minutes in, very graphic.
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Are there spiders?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there bugs?
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fraisierdesbois
Maggots can be seen during the fox scene
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spirochaete
Alligators are seen during the swamp sequences, and there is a fatal attack on a character during the film's climax.
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Is someone drugged?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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a main character loses his teeth in a car accident. it is never shown however
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is there amputation?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is someone choked?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are there dislocations?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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spirochaete
Two major characters are killed during the climax.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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kelseyj610
Caroline calls Donald a "tard".
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damalojo
A character is driving a car when there's a car crash and his mother and uncle die. In another scene, a character's brother dies on-screen after a car crash
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damalojo
A character is driving a car when there's a car crash and his mother and uncle die
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The car crash at 42 minutes is a bit of a jumpscare
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Are there razors?
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Are there clowns?
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Are there mannequins?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Is someone eaten?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Loss
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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A character is shown fairly briefly in the hospital while in a coma after a car crash
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KSNAP
Charlie has several monologues where he criticizes his looks.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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spirochaete
Donald is writing a script in which a detective, serial killer and victim are all revealed to be the same individual with multiple personality disorder. This is presented humorously, and Charlie's response makes it clear it is intended as a parody of the kinds of hoary cliches found in Hollywood thrillers.
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Is there shakey cam?
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fraisierdesbois
There are a couple scenes with a shakey cam, particularly at the end, when the protagonist is being chased
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Paranoia
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spirochaete
The characters don't directly acknowledge or talk to the camera, but the film's plot and humor is very meta and self-aware and regularly comments on itself.
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Is there childbirth?
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kaleidobear
very graphic but brief around 4 minutes in
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Are there abortions?
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fraisierdesbois
During the birth scene
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Prejudice
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KSNAP
It's less a joke than Charlie self-abusing about his weight.
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Klara
Shortened version of the 'r' slur
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Race
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Relationships
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Meowmeowiemeow
B***s from the waitress. And man butt near the end.
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Is there BDSM?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Social
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Are there fat suits?
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KristenC
Nicolas Cage wears a prosthetic tummy
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Is existentialism debated?
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Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
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spirochaete
This might depend on your interpretation. It ends on a seemingly optimistic note, with Charlie indicating that he feels hope for the first time, although arguably this is a parody of a stereotypically glib Hollywood ending (as Charlie has suffered a major personal loss and possibly sold out in terms of his script). Overall I would say the ending is more tongue-in-cheek than either "happy" or "sad".
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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Meowmeowiemeow
Another car crash near the end of the movie. Someone flies from the car through the window and lands on the street.
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nattering_nabob
Someone is hit and killed by a car.
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Violence
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KSNAP
Only near the end, and it's pretty light.
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Is there gun violence?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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