The Starling Girl
Movie • 2023 • Drama
ReportJem Starling enters into an affair with her married youth pastor and begins a double life as she continues to fulfill her duties in her community.
This movie contains 30 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Jem’s mother forces her out of the house and locks the door so she can not come back in.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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fraisierdesbois
An alcoholic dad slaps one of his daughters
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Both parents are abusive towards the protagonist...
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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The protagonist, by many of the people around her, under the guise of religion.
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smallcoal
A child’s hands are shown to be scarred from a whipping that happened offscreen. Later, a child is slapped once.
More generally, the movie is very much about the sexual, religious, and emotional abuse of children.
More generally, the movie is very much about the sexual, religious, and emotional abuse of children.
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Addiction
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The protagonist’s father relapses into drug and alcohol addiction.
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Is there addiction?
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The protagonist’s father relapses into addiction and is hospitalized.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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The protagonist’s father relapses into drug and alcohol addiction.
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Animal
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
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The protagonist is a 17 year old who is being groomed by a man twice her age.
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Is someone held under water?
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The protagonist holds the head of a boy who is “courting” her underwater. He is not injured, but is very upset at her.
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Is rape mentioned?
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just_here_for_the_cake
It’s never explicitly referred to by the word, but Jem being groomed and therefore raped is discussed.
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Jem, by the man who is grooming her, though she typically does not see it as such in the moment.
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smallcoal
There is statutory rape of a seventeen-year-old whose consent is sometimes dubious and sometimes enthusiastic.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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The father becomes unconscious as part of a suicide attempt.
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
78 supporters
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just_here_for_the_cake
Jem, a 17 year old (played by a 24 year old) is shown having sex twice(?) with an older man. She is not shown nude.
No graphic nudity, but in a shower scene, Jem is shown masturbating.
In the first ten minutes, she is given a sweater to “cover up” as her bra is slightly visible (this is portrayed as wrong).
While choreographing a dance, she is told to remove a twirl from it, as her long skirt spins with her and shows a bit of her leg (again, this is shown as wrong).
No graphic nudity, but in a shower scene, Jem is shown masturbating.
In the first ten minutes, she is given a sweater to “cover up” as her bra is slightly visible (this is portrayed as wrong).
While choreographing a dance, she is told to remove a twirl from it, as her long skirt spins with her and shows a bit of her leg (again, this is shown as wrong).
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Death
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Does someone die?
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just_here_for_the_cake
Not on screen, but it’s possible to interpret that Jem’s father might die shortly after the film’s events.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Jem’s father. We see him passed out on the floor.
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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No, but Jem’s father might not live long after the film.
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Does someone cheat?
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just_here_for_the_cake
The man who grooms Jem is married.
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Does a family member die?
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No, but Jem’s father might not live long after the film.
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Fear
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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cherry
people enter ponds
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Is there a shower scene?
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No graphic nudity, but Jem is briefly shown masturbating.
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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Blang
Apparently it’s multiple times— anyone have time stamps?
“Someone vomits on the floor and passes out. We hear someone throw up into a toilet and complain of her ailment. Another kid, we hear, vomits off screen.“
“Someone vomits on the floor and passes out. We hear someone throw up into a toilet and complain of her ailment. Another kid, we hear, vomits off screen.“
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Does someone spit?
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Gum out.
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Is there audio gore?
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Vomiting sounds...
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Jem’s father is in the hospital.
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jem’s dad overdoses. it’s played off as an accident but jem knows it’s on purpose.
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Is there misophonia?
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cherrywaves
not sure why the majority of votes say no. there are several scenes with mouth sounds such as eating and heavy breathing. especially bad with earphones on
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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cherry
someone has to hide in a shower for hours. at one point, another character grabs and holds another character close, and the latter seems uncomfortable.
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fraisierdesbois
It's not confirmed
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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fraisierdesbois
There are several scenes film shot with a hand held camera. Not sure why people are voting "no"
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Are there homophobic slurs?
37 supporters
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just_here_for_the_cake
None, but it’s probably important to mention that a minor character is stated as having gone to conversion therapy prior to the film’s events.
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Jem is 17 to Owen’s early 30s.
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
44 supporters
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Two/three sex scenes, one and a half masturbation scenes.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Jem. There is some blood on her fingers after she does.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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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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cherry
bittersweet; some concerning circumstances but also some elements of it are happy
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Some blood on Jem’s fingers after she loses her virginity.
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