Dogtooth

Movie • 2009 • Drama  

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Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.
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Does the dog die?
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jmaa
There is a scene where a dog is beaten as part of a training exercise.
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Unanswered Triggers
Does a major character die?
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Does a family member die?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is someone choked?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Are there dislocations?
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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EADreifuss
The father psychologically manipulates and at a couple points physically harms his children
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Is someone stalked?
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spacemancharisma
Of both the children and the wife- sexual, physical, and psychological.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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jmaa
The concept of the movie.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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spacemancharisma
Physically, psychologically, and sexually
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Addiction
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jmaa
Some characters use anesthetics as entertainment.
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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fraisierdesbois
A cat is killed onscreen
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Are animals abused?
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deghiro
A tuxedo cat is murdered by the son with garden shears. The bloody body is shown. My wife fast forwarded the movie for me at that part. 40-43 minutes is the scene. She did say that it wasn't the worst she's seen, very bloody. The cat is a trope furthering the gaslighting the father is doing. "Cats are the enemy of man" or something like that.
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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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deghiro
A tuxedo cat is murdered by the son with garden shears. My wife fast forwarded the movie for me at that part. 40-43 minutes is the scene. She did say that it wasn't the worst she's seen, very bloody.


The cat is a trope furthering the gaslighting the father is doing. "Cats are the enemy of man" or something like that.
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Smorgasbord
A woman takes advantage of mentally-stunted adults who, in a lot of ways, are like children. Their father endorses some of these behaviors as well, but there are no actual children preyed upon.
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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MaddyFurness
Rape happens on screen, as the adult children are mentally stunted and unaware of what's going on and what they're agreeing to do.
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DoritoPrincess1
Could go either way, the children are beaten by the mother and father, and I suppose it wouldn’t be a stretch to call the things they do throughout the film “bullying”.
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Is someone restrained?
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spacemancharisma
The sister is forced to have sex with her brother, as mentioned, but one of the girls also is coerced/tricked into giving oral sex to a non-family member. (She does not understand what she’s doing.)
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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justdanniella
one character knocks her tooth out
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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ZachPridgen
Main character deliberately breaks own tooth with a blunt object in graphic fashion.
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jmaa
Not on an actual person. A doll has it's fingers and toes cut off.
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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EADreifuss
Much of the film is bloodless, but specific moments have graphic blood
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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estonia76
Maybe? The ending is very ambiguous.
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DoritoPrincess1
The “children” in the movie are adults, which is why the parents decide to hire someone to sexually pleasure the son at the start. However, there is a very uncanny and disturbing quality to how childlike they act in spite of this.
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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They cut off a Barbie's feet and hands with a scissor
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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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+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there menstruation?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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MaddyFurness
The adult children are mentally stunted due to the way they were raised, and are sometimes violent towards each other
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there misophonia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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nickelrose1
It's kind of implied that someone sneaks into the trunk of a car.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there shakey cam?
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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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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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EADreifuss
A character is said to be pregnant, nothing shown
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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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 fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Is there bestiality?
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DoritoPrincess1
At the very start.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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spacemancharisma
There is the other mentioned scene, but the two sisters also engage in obviously sexually charged acts because they don’t know better, not actually having sex but things that are clearly recognized as incestuous.
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Is there sexual content?
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Is there BDSM?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Yes
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jmaa
While ambiguous, it cannot be called happy.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
16 supporters
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spacemancharisma
No, but someone pretends to for a lifeguarding lesson
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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