Does the dog die?
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
Movie • 2011 • Drama
ReportAfter her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
This movie contains 45 potentially triggering events.
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I have no idea why there are so many Yes votes. There isn't a dog in the entire movie. There is a guinnipig that is insinuated to die but you don't actually see anything. There is definitely no dog death.
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Abandonment
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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niranz
yes, but its only one scene. the mother throws the child, and the throw breaks his arm
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deaddogfanclub
Eva throws Kevin against a wall when he is a child, breaking his arm. She regrets the act and attempts to show Kevin how much she loves him. Kevin is rough with his little sister, insulting her and attacking her with a vacuum cleaner.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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romanbath
[Spoiler] The beginning of the movie operates on the premise that the mother feels like she is insane because her son is cruel to her and nobody else.
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deaddogfanclub
Eva gets frustrated and is violent towards Kevin when he is a child.
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Addiction
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Prescription medication taken by the mom is shown frequently and (spoiler warning) Kevin claims to be on Prozac or something on trial (not shown)
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Is there addiction?
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pinkwill
the amount of alcohol shown in the movie and some dialogue could indicate the mother struggles with alcoholism.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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kinaleighmac
Eva drinks a lot of wine following a traumatic event, and is implied by Kevin to have drank a lot before the event as well.
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Animal
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kinaleighmac
Celia's guinea pig disappears, and Eva realizes it's in the garbage disposal after it's too late. It is not graphic, but the idea is disturbing.
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Is there a dead animal?
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deaddogfanclub
A guinea pig is killed (offscreen) and a character explains the death to a young girl: ‘he is having a party in the garden now with new animal friends’
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Are there bugs?
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Evandergiovanna
Not prominently, but there are. From what I remember there's a distinct scene where they cut to a piece of jelly covered bread covered in ants.
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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A brief shot shows a young girl tied up with Christmas decorations
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Not assaulted, but harassed a bit in a work place environment at a Christmas party
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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deaddogfanclub
Kevin is cut when Eva throws him against a wall. We see him holding his arm and later see the healed scar.
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Is there cannibalism?
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pinkwill
well someone said under the eye injury section that it is implied someone ate a human part, and that it is a confirmed fact in the book, so.
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Does someone break a bone?
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patchsadams
Kevin's mum pushes him and it shows his arm visibly broken
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Is someone tortured?
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Rainb0sherb
not physically, but many of Kevin's actions are done to, in a way, psychologically torture his mother
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Is there eye mutilation?
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kinaleighmac
Celia loses her eye in an accident involving drain cleaner. It is not graphic but she is shown with an eye patch and bandages
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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kinaleighmac
Celia is found dead towards the end, and high school students are killed, both by Kevin using a bow and arrows.
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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pinkwill
not really kidnapped but students get locked up in the school, so kind of ?
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Does a parent die?
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linnealauridsen.ll
The father is shot with arrows by his son.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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deaddogfanclub
As a child, Kevin fills a water gun with paint and sprays it on the walls of Eva’s bedroom. In retaliation, she takes the water gun and stamps on it while Kevin watches.
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Fear
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Are there clowns?
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HannahNeuman
One scene shows kids dressed as clowns for Halloween attacking the mother’s house and car. Another shows a computer virus with a clown that pops up. Another shows a doctor’s office with clown photos all over it.
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Anonymous
Poop Kevin diaper
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Does someone vomit?
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Novamatic
Around 55 minutes in. Once she picks the boy up from the floor, look away for about one minute. She is cleaning up vomit from the floor. No actual vomiting, just the aftermath.
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Does someone spit?
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KO14
A younger Kevin soils his diaper to spite his mom
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Is there audio gore?
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pinkwill
when Kevin is pushed against the wall/floor, the sound makes it clear that the act was intense enough to cause an injury, but it's nothing like what you might hear in other movies when a character breaks a bone. it's mostly a loud bang. other sounds in other scenes might indicate that something gore happened, while not being triggering in themselves the context makes it hard to listen.
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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deaddogfanclub
Franklin and Eva sit in a hospital waiting for Celia. Shots of injured students being wheeled into ambulances.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there misophonia?
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Anonymous
At around 1hr 24 Kevin picks apart a lychee and eats it. The sounds are loud and gross and I had to skip ahead
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Nunya33
*SPOILER*
During the school shooting, Kevin locks the door of the gym and main door of the school with bike locks. It does give the sense of being trapped in.
During the school shooting, Kevin locks the door of the gym and main door of the school with bike locks. It does give the sense of being trapped in.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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ShawnRitzbit
early on in Kevin’s childhood a doctor says he might be autistic, in the movie he goes through a lot of abuse, (not because of his posible autism though)
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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bigtallray
kevin cries relentlessly as a baby
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Is there shakey cam?
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deaddogfanclub
Slight shaky cam at some moments in the film where we are seeing from Eva’s perspective.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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deaddogfanclub
Repetitive use of bright colours and emergency siren imagery which could be interpreted as flashing. Some quick, blurring flashback sequences.
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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pinkwill
a character briefly looks at the camera, it startled me.
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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kinaleighmac
Kevin's birth is very painful for Eva, we hear her screams but don't see anything explicitly
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Eva, unprompted, comments to Kevin at the mini golf place that fat people are always eating, that the only reason for fatness is eating too much. (More bias/prejudice than jokes.)
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Is there hate speech?
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pinkwill
a character literally rants about fat people eating too much according to her, and ableist terms such as the r-slur are used.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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kinaleighmac
Kevin calls his sister the r slur
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Relationships
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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kinaleighmac
Eva walks in on Kevin masturbating, he continues and gives her a creepy smile. There are also sexual scenes between Eva and her husband, one of which Kevin walks in on as a child.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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pinkwill
a long scene of a male coworker staring at Eva's legs.
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Rainb0sherb
not in the usual sense, but Kevin's mother walks in on him masturbating and proceeds to continue while making eye contact with her until she closes the door and leaves
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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kinaleighmac
Kevin is sent to adult prison, and we realize Eva has lost her whole family
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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kinaleighmac
Gory images of people who have been shot by arrows
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Does someone drown?
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thecatsaysmeow
No, but there are a few scenes where characters push their faces into water and the camera shows it from underneath the water meaning you see it clearer so that could be slightly triggering for some people.
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Is there gun violence?
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kinaleighmac
While the weapon used is later revealed to be a bow and arrow, there is a school shooting and the images associated with one (news reporters, ambulances and police cars, etc)
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