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 rape mentioned?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Abandonment
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is someone stalked?
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Are there spiders?
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Are there bugs?
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fraisierdesbois
Maggots can be seen during the fox scene
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Are there sharks?
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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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A fox about 3:45 minutes in, very graphic.
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Are there snakes?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone held under water?
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Bodily Harm
Is there excessive gore?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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kaleidobear
a main character loses his teeth in a car accident. it is never shown however
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Does a head get squashed?
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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 someone buried alive?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is there amputation?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Are there dislocations?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Does a kid die?
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Is an infant abducted?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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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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Does someone die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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kelseyj610
Caroline calls Donald a "tard".
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a parent die?
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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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Does someone cheat?
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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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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
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KristenC
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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Is someone possessed?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there mannequins?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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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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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Is there menstruation?
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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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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is there misophonia?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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KSNAP
Charlie has several monologues where he criticizes his looks.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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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 a claustrophobic scene?
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Noxious
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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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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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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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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kaleidobear
very graphic but brief around 4 minutes in
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Are there abortions?
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fraisierdesbois
During the birth scene
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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KSNAP
It's less a joke than Charlie self-abusing about his weight.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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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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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is there hate speech?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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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 someone sexually objectified?
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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
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Social
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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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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Are there end credit scenes?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
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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Does a plane crash?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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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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