American Beauty
Movie • 1999 • Drama
ReportLester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
This movie contains 33 potentially triggering events.
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A woman slaps her teen daughter
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Is someone stalked?
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Yes and it is weirdly romanticized
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Mercy04
Unfortunately throughout the film Ricky Fitts is physically abused by his father Colonel Fitts.
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Drugs are a central theme. Many scenes of main characters smoking weed.
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Lester drinks beer often, but it isn't shown to be an addiction
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eventhebugs
Ricky records a dead bird on the grass at the high school.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Lester played by Kevin Spacey is infatuated with and has a scene fantasizing about his daughter's highschool friend. The movie follows him becoming obsessed with her.
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The movie starts with a voiceover letting us know that the main character will die/is already dead
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Lester mentions at the beginning of the movie that he's dead, and it's made to look like Ricky and Angela are responsible. However, it's revealed he was shot by Frank towards the end of the movie.
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Two characters try to cheat on their spouses
Another character does cheat on their spouse in a somewhat graphic sex scene
Another character does cheat on their spouse in a somewhat graphic sex scene
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Lester is shown naked in the shower and Jane is shown to shower, but we don’t see her naked body
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Safe!!
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Not exactly, but an ostensibly heterosexual married character is strongly implied to be a repressed gay man and non-consensually kisses a male character
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near the start of the film the wife is crying and starts slapping herself in the face and telling herself to shut up, could be seen as self harm and hard to watch for some
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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A man has daydreams about a girl and they are distortions of reality
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Jane's neighbor films her without permission. This is depicted as romantic.
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A character collects N*zi memorabilia
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Lots of homophobia, especially from Frank. There's also a few ableist slurs used here and there.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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There is a gay couple
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no but someone thinks someone else is gay (when he's not) and shoots him. There is also rude statements made about the LGBT community
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Relationships
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gh0st271
**Spoiler** The father is obsessed with/falls in love with a teenager.
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Sex
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Yes and there is graphic nudity involving two girls, one is an adult playing a teen and one is actually an underage teen playing the same
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Are there nude scenes?
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There is nudity involving two girls, one is an adult playing a teen and one is actually an underage teen playing the same
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Almost, but it's stopped at the last second
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
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Does it have a sad ending?
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A motivational speech is given so it may not be seen as sad, but overall I think it's a sad ending
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A man is shot in the head and the corpse is shown graphically
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Is there gun violence?
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Very sudden and graphic
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