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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A fox about 3:45 minutes in, very graphic.
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Are there bugs?
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Maggots can be seen during the fox scene
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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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 main character loses his teeth in a car accident. it is never shown however
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Two major characters are killed during the climax.
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Caroline calls Donald a "tard".
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A character is driving a car when there's a car crash and his mother and uncle die
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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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The car crash at 42 minutes is a bit of a jumpscare
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damalojo
A character is shown fairly briefly in the hospital while in a coma after a car crash
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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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 body dysmorphia?
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Charlie has several monologues where he criticizes his looks.
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There are a couple scenes with a shakey cam, particularly at the end, when the protagonist is being chased
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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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very graphic but brief around 4 minutes in
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During the birth scene
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It's less a joke than Charlie self-abusing about his weight.
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B***s from the waitress. And man butt near the end.
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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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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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Only near the end, and it's pretty light.
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