How to Build a Girl

Movie • 2020 • Comedy  

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The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets a job as music critic in the hope of saving her poverty stricken family in Wolverhampton. Based on Caitlin Moran's bestselling semi-autobiographical novel.
This movie contains 9 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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The family dog is used for breeding. The pups are taken away.
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Does a pet die?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is there bestiality?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
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There is some predatory behavior towards a minor throughout but they are not assaulted
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a parent die?
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Not on screen but a dead parent is talked about
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Joanna’s boyfriend kisses another girl while he’s in getting changed to go into the hot-tub. Before she went in, she also kissed the girl
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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Are there jumpscares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Medical
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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The character is referred to as a “pig” while they are in the hot tub- she overheard from a different room
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SPOILER**
At about 80:25 the main character attempts to hurt herself with a compass. The cuts are later shown in hospitalised and briefly discussed.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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While the main character is reading a poem live on tv she has a panic/anxiety attack
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Main character is called a pig
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Is there hate speech?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there n-words?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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There is a sex scene where the main character is describing all of her recent encounters to her brother and they are shown in a side by side
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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Does a car crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there gun violence?
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