The Truman Show

Movie • 1998 • Comedy  

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Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including his wife and his best friend is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.
This movie contains 33 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
There are three dogs (and maybe more); none of them dies or suffers in any way.
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Abandonment
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ponyonemo
(Spoiler) The Truman Show in universe exists as the result of an unwanted pregnancy.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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cephaloncas
Truman's mom gaslights her son throughout the entire movie, although there is no physical abuse as far as we know.
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Is someone stalked?
23 supporters
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Jadespade
Truman is constantly being watched and/or followed without his knowledge.
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takver
Truman and his wife have a physical fight. She lies to him, he gets aggressive, she wards him off with a knife, but he overpowers her and holds the knife to her throat before the fight is interrupted.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Corellon
Whenever Truman discovers evidence that there's something strange about his life, a character will swoop in and make him think it's perfectly normal and he's just delusional.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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56
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Jadespade
Truman since childhood has been lied to and gaslighted.
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Addiction
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47
Is there addiction?
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doestheferbdie
there is sometimes alcohol consumed but not in a big addictive way
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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)
1 supporters
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No animal dies or suffers.
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Are animals abused?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but there's an aggressive dog. It doesn't physically harm anybody.
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Is there a dead animal?
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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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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
I don't think there are any cats.
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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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moonbasket
Truman "slept the whole drive" to Mt. Rushmore, implying he was potentially drugged.
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Is there pedophilia?
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elliotelephants
Spoilers
Sort of, in the sense that the creator intentionally capsizes Truman’s boat, which Truman is tied to, and it’s implied that this could very likely kill him.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Yes
32
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Undata
Truman restrains his wife with his arm while holding her at knife point briefly
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RowanOakley
Tricky; it's implied that Truman is still continuously recorded, even when having sex and using the bathroom. The hypothetical conceiving of a child onscreen is discussed.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Yes
1
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Bodily Harm
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5
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3
Meowmeowiemeow
A small cut during a fake surgery
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Are any hands damaged?
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Are there dislocations?
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Is there throat mutilation?
35 supporters
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50
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Near-drowning.
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
30 supporters
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The main character mentions it
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Is someone crushed to death?
30 supporters
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Is someone choked?
15 supporters
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5
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ponyonemo
Truman chokes after nearly drowning, a result of the director.
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takver
There is a brief scene where someone drives through fire.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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6
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supernintendo64
Amputation is mentioned, and there is a scene where a bunch of actors pretending to be surgeons have to pretend to amputate a leg when Truman is watching them, but no actual amputation is carried out.
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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 become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
73 supporters
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
One might argue that Truman is subjected to psychological torture through deceit and gaslighting.
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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?
16 supporters
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ponyonemo
No, but someone is threatened to be stabbed.
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Is there excessive gore?
82 supporters
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Children
Yes
22
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Insertnamehere
Truman is taken as a baby for a TV show.
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Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
97 supporters
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does a major character die?
22 supporters
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3
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9
Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
12 supporters
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12
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Insertnamehere
In the show, yes. In real life, no.
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Disability
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10
Is the r-slur used?
29 supporters
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23
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a family member die?
21 supporters
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14
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Does a parent die?
20 supporters
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Steven S.
There is a flashback scene where Truman's father appears to drown in a storm. Although the father is later revealed to be alive, the scene of his apparent death may still be traumatic for some viewers.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Yes
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takver
A woman is pulled into a car against her will. She is not physically harmed or imprisoned, but she is taken away when she doesn't want to go.
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Does someone cheat?
16 supporters
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10
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27
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MichaelOttinger
Truman looks at some old photos of his wedding and sees that his wife (or, rather, the woman playing his wife) crossed her fingers at their wedding, meaning that she didn't really mean any of her vows.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Yes
4
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ttoobbyy
truman almost gets hit by a bus and it’s a bit startling
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but there's a man sitting in a full tub; we see him there several times.
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DaniBabi
SPOILER: technically no natural bodies of water as he lives on set, so everything is man made
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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1
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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13
Are there razors?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
1 supporters
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37
No
13
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Monica Johnson
There's a small scene on the boat where he vomits slightly
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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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15
Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
1 supporters
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8
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29
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ponyonemo
Yeah Truman spits out some water.
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
26 supporters
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1
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Is there incarceration?
4 supporters
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0
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8
LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
44 supporters
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0
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15
Yes
0
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10
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
31 supporters
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14
Is there bisexual cheating?
20 supporters
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2
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16
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
21 supporters
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9
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Yes
2
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35
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Anonymous
mentions of it, a character is made out to be schizophrenic, and her "father" says they tried everything including shock therapy.
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Are needles/syringes used?
29 supporters
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39
Is there a mental institution scene?
25 supporters
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39
Yes
49
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0
8
Steven S.
Doctors are seen about to perform surgery on a man, though the surgery is stopped before it can begin.
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Is there menstruation?
6 supporters
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0
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10
Yes
0
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rubyfire77
There is a brief mention that Truman's mom got sick, but nothing explicit about cancer
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Mental Health
4
no one is actually mentally ill, but the main character is gaslighted into believing he’s losing his mind and schizophrenia is mentioned once
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Does someone self harm?
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67 supporters
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37
Is autism misrepresented?
1 supporters
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11
Yes
4
No
22
6
rubyfire77
a character being told he's delusional (though he is not) acts violently out of fear
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
18 supporters
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12
Is there autism specific abuse?
1 supporters
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30
Yes
15
No
4
Yes
29
No
1
4
Very much so
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Does someone have a meltdown?
8 supporters
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2
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5
Is there misophonia?
31 supporters
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24
Yes
45
No
1
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Rory_John14
The main character has a phobia and is constantly gaslighted, so experiences a lot of anxiety
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Is there ABA therapy?
16 supporters
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1
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11
Yes
4
No
21
Is there body dysphoria?
14 supporters
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0
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12
Is there body dysmorphia?
27 supporters
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39
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
1 supporters
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31
Does someone have an eating disorder?
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38
Yes
0
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40
Yes
30
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1
8
Tffr
Truman is purposefully traumatized so that he will have flash backs and fear to stop him from leaving
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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11
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0
Are there sudden loud noises?
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10
Is there shakey cam?
35 supporters
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17
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15
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leh
Some light POV camera action occasionally when the character is running or on a boat
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Does a baby cry?
14 supporters
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1
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19
Is there screaming?
12 supporters
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10
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0
Is there obscene language/gestures?
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13
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
There are a few lightning bolts toward the end.
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Paranoia
3
Julian_Fawcett
That’s the plot
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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19
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8
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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38
Are there babies or unborn children?
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21
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2
Yes
7
No
28
12
puppydog
it’s not explicitly shown, but there’s a scene of him in the womb where they discuss his birth, at 1:05
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
16 supporters
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0
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32
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
40 supporters
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35
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Boopers
Truman’s (very legitimate) concerns are constantly explained by others as a form of paranoia. He is also manipulated into developing mental illnesses and phobias so he won’t ever leave the island. Finally, someone tries to explain the truth to Truman, but they are constantly interrupted by another character and told that they’re crazy.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Yes
0
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
28 supporters
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Are there fat jokes?
51 supporters
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Is there aphobia?
1 supporters
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11
Is a minority is misrepresented?
24 supporters
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14
Does the black guy die first?
18 supporters
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38
Is there hate speech?
27 supporters
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Yes
1
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37
Race
Is there blackface?
31 supporters
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0
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11
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
34 supporters
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0
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18
Religious
Yes
1
No
8
1
elliotelephants
God is occasionally peripherally mentioned
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Are there demons or Hell?
12 supporters
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8
Sex
Yes
0
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16
1
elliotelephants
No, but there is a guy shown in a tub who is implied to be nude and his entire torso and head are shown
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Is there bestiality?
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13
Does someone lose their virginity?
1 supporters
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9
Is someone sexually objectified?
41 supporters
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2
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17
Are there incestuous relationships?
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0
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33
Yes
0
No
35
9
will0w
Mentions of sex but nothing shown
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Is there BDSM?
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8
Sexism
Yes
3
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15
Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
16 supporters
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0
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10
Does someone have a stroke?
9 supporters
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0
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17
Does someone have a chronic illness?
8 supporters
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0
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14
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
23 supporters
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12
Social
Are there fat suits?
29 supporters
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0
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12
Is someone homeless?
5 supporters
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Yes
21
No
1
Is existentialism debated?
11 supporters
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Yes
9
No
1
Yes
1
No
12
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moonbasket
Truman is mentioned to be one of five unwanted pregnancies that were carried to full term. Pretty explicit anti-abortion implications
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
3 supporters
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35
Are there end credit scenes?
35 supporters
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10
Does it have a sad ending?
51 supporters
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3
No
35
Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
13 supporters
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Yes
30
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0
Does a car crash?
19 supporters
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0
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37
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but there's reckless driving.
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Does a plane crash?
10 supporters
Yes
1
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39
6
Undata
A stage light falls from the sky, but Truman is told via radio that it was a plane losing parts mid-flight. No plane crash actually occurs or depicted outside of this.
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but it comes extremely close.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
16 supporters
Yes
56
No
3
13
Jadespade
Truman almost drowns in the end in an intense scene.
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Is there blood/gore?
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39
Yes
2
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30
12
There is scene where a fake nuclear radiation leak occurs
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Is there gun violence?
23 supporters
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0
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34