A Man Called Otto
Movie • 2022
ReportThis movie contains 38 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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One character is kicked out of his house by his father.
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Are there abusive parents?
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Offscreen, not shown. Character mentions getting kicked out of his home for being trans.
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puddlediving
Malcom is kicked out of his family home by his father, and goes to Otto for a place to sleep. Kicked out for being trans.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
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Animal
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It looks like a cat is dead but it’s just very cold
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It’s not quite abuse but a homeless cat is found almost dead in the snow. It’s a very disturbing scene (but the cat is eventually fine).
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Does a cat die?
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a cat has a near death experience where they are feozen. could be triggering, but cat ends up absolutely fine
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Assault
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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There is a scene where Otto shaves his face with an electric razor that is plugged into the wall.
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Is someone choked?
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Sandphin
During the first suicide attempt; main character attempts to hang himself but fails.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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the main character attempts suicide by asphyxiation
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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the main character attempts suicide by noose first, and by asphyxiation with gas second.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Not on-screen, but one character falls from a ladder and is in a cast & using crutches for several weeks after the event.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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The fall is not seen but someone does fall off a ladder and was brought to the hospital with a broken foot.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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No but a man collapses off a platform onto a railway track as a train approaches down the line
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Is there a hanging?
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The main character attempts suicide by hanging twice in the opening twenty minutes
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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There is a miscarriage, nothing is seen
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Death
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The theme of death and dying is big in this movie
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Does a major character die?
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Yes! Main character dies at the end, from natural causes.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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BriCip
Almost. There is an attempt where he is going to throw himself on the train tracks and ends up saving someone else who has a cardiac episode and ends up falling onto the tracks and the main character almost does not got out of the way of the train.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Parent death is mentioned.
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Does a family member die?
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There is some discussion of and a brief scene showing only hands being held during the passing of a spouse.
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Fear
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Are there clowns?
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there is a clown at the hospital
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Are there ghosts?
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Not a ghost but his dead wife appears in a flashback but while he is in the present
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Gross
Does someone spit?
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A baby farts nesr the end of the film
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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We hear a baby soil his diaper near the end of the movie and the parent goes off to change him. Nothing is seen, and there are other instances
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Does someone vomit?
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watched it and can confirm its a no. this movie is SAFE! Well what is it? Yes or no? Can someone elaborate?
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Zero slurs.
There is a transperson in this movie and the main character is respectful.
There is a transperson in this movie and the main character is respectful.
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Referenced but does not happen onscreen.
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Loss
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Medical
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Does someone have cancer?
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Protagonist's wife died of cancer 6 months prior to the film's setting, leading to protagonist's suicidal ideation. It is the defining theme of the film.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Three separate scenes
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Mental Health
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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dorothysfriend
Not abuse but dislike for Otto who clearly displays stereotypical traits of Autism. He is chastised for being "rude"/too straightforward.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Otto has a panic attack when Marisol suggests clearing out his deceased wife's belongings.
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the movie starts with a suicide attempt, and depicts multiple further attempts actively on screen.
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There is no successful suicide but 5 distinct attempts by the protagonist throughout the film, as well as several dialogue scenes discussing his intentions.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Anonymous
Depression from complicated grief.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Anonymous
No, although the protagonist’s life story is told in frequent flashbacks he experiences at emotional moments, including flashbacks to traumatic incidents. The flashbacks are the narrative kind rather than the PTSD kind; Otto they seem more like memories than literal flashbacks
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Anonymous
There is also a scene where the protagonist shuts his garage door while a woman is inside, and she pounds on the door. We see her phone light in darkness as the door shuts. But a few seconds later Otto tells her the door is not locked and we see her open the door and get out. It’s played for laughs and very brief
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The main character makes several attempts to take his own life
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Not exactly but words to that effect
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Noxious
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A lot of people must not understand how sensitive some of us are to shaky cam filming. There are a few moments filmed with shaky cam/handheld. They are very brief and easy to look away without missing anything.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Sandphin
A gunshot.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Anonymous
A woman loses her baby after experiencing a bus accident. We see her crying in the hospital with her husband after learning the news. The unused baby supplies and the couple’s lack of children come up frequently throughout the movie
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Is a baby stillborn?
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loren00
Sonya loses her baby at 6 months
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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One character is pregnant for most of the movie and we see the baby near the end. There is also talk of the protagonist’s wife’s pregnancy in flashbacks. SPOILERS: the protagonist’s wife suffers a miscarriage due to a bus accident
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Is there childbirth?
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loren00
Marisol has her baby but only very early labour is shown on screen
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Does a pregnant person die?
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No, however a pregnant person is harmed by an accident and looses her baby.
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Prejudice
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Trans character who experiences transphobia offscreen but survives and gets a happy ending
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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dorothysfriend
Otto is chastised for having autistic traits by other characters. (Very straightforward in his conversation - called rude for doing so)
Also for sticking to rules in a black and white fashion (at work, at home in his neighbourhood - everything.)
Also for sticking to rules in a black and white fashion (at work, at home in his neighbourhood - everything.)
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Trans character is kicked out of the home but no slurs that I recall. We never see the characters who were transphobic, it’s only spoken of
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No - the opposite. There is positive representation of a trans character, supported by the protagonist. There is reference to that character not being accepted by their family.
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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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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Main character has a critical heart condition
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Multiple characters have some sort of chronic/ terminal illness. Mostly elderly characters.
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Is someone homeless?
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Anonymous
To add to the other comment, Otto does allow him to stay at his house. We never see him struggling for a place to stay, only him asking Otto and being let in. He is a recurring character, though, it is not a one-off scene. We see him with Otto a lot afterwards
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Does it have a sad ending?
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EmIsHere
More bittersweet than sad in my opinion. It's hard to explain without spoiling the film. The characters get happy endings for the most part but something sad happens at the very end, albeit not as sad as you may expect judging by the rest of the movie.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car crash?
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Bus crash, visual
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Is there gun violence?
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Anonymous
We see a character preparing to attempt suicide with a gun, but he moves it away from himself at the last moment. He does fire a shot into the ceiling, which is heard. He then answers the door with the gun in his hand, which frightens the teen standing outside. He tells the teen “I’m not gonna shoot you” and says the gunshot noise was the generator. Nobody actually gets shot or shot at.
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