Spoonful of Sugar
Movie
ReportMillicent is taking a semester off from her studies to concentrate on her thesis about children with severe allergies, which makes her the perfect person to take care of little Johnny, a sickly, mute child who suffers from every allergy under the sun, from nickel to artificial fabric. His overbearing mother, Rebecca, is an accomplished author who is focused on her latest book release, while his dissatisfied father, Jacob, spends sweaty, shirtless days toiling away on a carpentry project in the backyard.
This movie contains 27 potentially triggering events.
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Are animals abused?
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I’d say skip 26:55-29:15. The rabbits are already dead but the imagery and what the characters do is pretty graphic.
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Does a pet die?
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There are rabbits buried in the backyard. Not mentioned if they are pets or wild rabbits.
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Abuse
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A mother chokes her child
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Mother is physically and emotionally abusive to child.
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Addiction
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The main character's use of LSD is very prevalent.
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Animal
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Offscreen
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Is there a dead animal?
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A dead rabbit is found buried and is handled. The main character cuts the rabbit's foot off and pulls the skin off to "make it into a keychain". Blood is shown and bones crunching. A second dead rabbit is revealed and she is is shown teaching the child how to dismember the rabbit. 27:00-29:10 to skip initial dead rabbit visuals. Dead rabbits are shown again starting 1:13 until the next scene. (Shudder timestamps)
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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Child is drugged with LSD
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Main character is suffering from the effects of sexual abuse. Sexual choking/excessive roughness is shown at one point and can be triggering.
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Bodily Harm
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Mother is engaging in self-harm through cutting
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Begins at 1:05
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Is there amputation?
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A dead rabbits foot is cut off and the skin removed.
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Does a head get squashed?
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But a face is stabbed
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Begins at 1:05
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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A severed finger is shown
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Is a minor sexualized?
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The main character alludes to sexualization and sexual abuse from her past (when she would have been a minor).
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Death
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Disability
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Family
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Fear
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Gross
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The child wets himself.
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Does someone vomit?
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Approximately the 52-minute mark. Really gross. And again around 1:19.
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Large-scale Violence
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Are needles/syringes used?
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At 18:34 possibly a needle from a epi pen(?) is used. No visible needle shown.
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Mental Health
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Very clear self harm (cutting) scene when the mom is in the bathroom by herself 42:16-43:41 on shudder.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Or at least something like anxiety attacks.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Not explicitly but a child who's been said to have been diagnosed with autism at one point is abused - yelled at and told to speak, locked in closet.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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There is a shaky cam sometimes in shots that can be disorienting
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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31:49 screen flashes quickly
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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The child is described as having allergies but also as having been previously diagnosed with autism. There's a lot of the usual tropes though nothing outright ableist is said.
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Relationships
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Age gap sexual relations are a theme.
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Sex
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Are there nude scenes?
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Topless scene at 1:01:45
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The main character is sexually abused by caretakers in the past (not shown).
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Sickness
Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Mental illness is a major theme. So is Munchausen/by proxy. The kid in the movie is said to have severe allergies.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Tyres screech at 57.20 while breaking abruptly
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