Does the dog die?
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Movie • 1993 • Drama
ReportMany loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
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CarlaSueThompson
A dog is abandoned in the middle of a street. The owner later comes back for it, and it has been cared for by a family.
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Abandonment
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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CarlaSueThompson
Not really stalked, but a character makes harassing phone calls over an ordered came that hasn't been picked up and paid for.
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Addiction
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CarlaSueThompson
Several characters smoke marijuana. Other drug use is mentioned.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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CarlaSueThompson
One character is an alcoholic. Others drink to excess. Some characters get drunk.
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Animal
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CarlaSueThompson
The only other animals in the movie are fish that a couple are feeding while another couple are on vacation. Nothing happens to the fish.
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Are animals abused?
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CarlaSueThompson
An animal is taken and dropped off in the middle of the road and abandoned. The owner later comes back and gets it.
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Assault
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CarlaSueThompson
I'll vote yes, because there is an attempted sexual assault, and there is a dead body found, in which we find the woman was raped and smothered.
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Bodily Harm
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Does a head get squashed?
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PolyDunami
Not squashed, but one of the characters kills a girl by bashing her head with a rock several times.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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PolyDunami
A young woman drives into her garage and lets the engine run, thereby filling the room with carbon monoxide in order to commit suicide.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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CarlaSueThompson
A character in the hospital in a coma appears to suffer what looks like a seizure before flatlining.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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spirochaete
A kid goes into a coma after being hit by a car and does not recover.
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Family
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Does someone cheat?
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CarlaSueThompson
A character cheats on his wife. Two other characters mention past cheating incidents. Two married men try to get two young women to fool around with them.
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Fear
Are there clowns?
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CarlaSueThompson
A character is a professional party clown. Later, at a dinner party she dressed her husband and two new friends in clown makeup.
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Gross
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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CarlaSueThompson
When a character coastlines in the hospital one is used.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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CarlaSueThompson
There are several scenes in the hospital as someone is in a coma. Both scenes in the hospital room and waiting room.
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Mental Health
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CarlaSueThompson
Someone cuts their hand with broken glass.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Prejudice
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CarlaSueThompson
Well, the dog is misgendered, it's named a girls name, but when people call it a she they are told it's a he.
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Sex
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CarlaSueThompson
But a sex telephone worker tells that a bishop called her wanting her to pretend to be a four year old in an incestuous relationship.
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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CarlaSueThompson
Well, there are several characters/families/couples in the movie. The endings for some are sad while others are ok, or happy.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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CarlaSueThompson
There is a body found in the water, but we later find she died from being smothered. Someone jumps into a pool and floats there face down holding their breath pretending to drown, but they dont.
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