The Birds

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Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.
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Does the dog die?
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PictoralExtrovert
No, there are no dogs in the movie at all.
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Unanswered Triggers
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Cryptid_Crow
Yes. By another woman in a "calm down" way.
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Is there farting?
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Abandonment
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PictoralExtrovert
No, there are only passing comments made about a child being afraid of abandonment.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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PeachyBaby
Melanie certainly does some hardcore sleuthing/stalking to find where Mitch lives.
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vlixxord
They briefly mention a case where a client shot his wife for changing the channel during a game.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Cryptid_Crow
People not believing that all birds are suddenly murderous, and quoting science, is not the same thing as gaslighting.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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ion.osphere
No children are abused by people. However, multiple children are attacked by birds
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Addiction
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TBB1
Nothing beyond cigarettes and alcohol.

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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
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PeachyBaby
"To ensure none of the live birds were harmed, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was heavily involved, and a makeshift avian hospital was built on the set for any injured or hurt birds. Nets were placed above many of the sets so the birds would not fly around the studio." No, no animals were harmed!
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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LJConrad
Several birds die.
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Are animals abused?
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TBB1
The only animals hurt by humans instigate the fights they're hurt in.
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PictoralExtrovert
Yes, multiple birds die throughout the movie however they show a fake looking dead bird at 45:00 and more at 1:00:00, no blood or gore just a stuffed looking seagull.
There are also other scenes of characters showing or holding fake dead birds with no blood or gore.
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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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Does a pet die?
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PictoralExtrovert
No, the pet birds stay alive the entire movie.
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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
Is someone drugged?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Cryptid_Crow
Yes, by the titular birds.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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PictoralExtrovert
Yes, there is a scene where gas pours out of a pump at a station and a man with a match drops it after lighting a cigar and is caught on fire / blown up.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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PeachyBaby
No body horror, just gore.
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Is there amputation?
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PictoralExtrovert
No, there are head injuries via birds pecking or clawing at them but there's not a squashed head by any means.
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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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PictoralExtrovert
Yes, the main character after being attacked by birds falls unconscious for a moment before being rescued.
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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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TBB1
A man's fingers are attacked, but there's no real injury besides bloood on his hand.
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Anonymous
Rather sudden closeup of a dead man with no eyeballs.
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Is someone stabbed?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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PictoralExtrovert
No, no children die the entire movie. The most is scratches and bites from the birds but all children seen make it out alive.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
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PictoralExtrovert
Yes, a character Annie sacrifices herself to save a child of one of the main characters about 1:30:00 but it is off screen. You do see her body and it is talked about by the characters.
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Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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PictoralExtrovert
Yes, but not modern jumpscares. There are some scenes where the birds attack that the audio is loud but they show what is about to happen before the loud audio of bird noises starts.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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TBB1
Off screen, and you can hear her coughing.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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PeachyBaby
Thankfully, no. Cops are shown in this movie as useless as they are irl.
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is there misophonia?
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PeachyBaby
Yes, the birds scream and chirp in the same repetitive tone again and again.
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TBB1
Plenty of panicking characters throughout the movie, but not a traditional anxiety attack.
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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PictoralExtrovert
Yes if you define being trapped in cars, homes, and buildings as claustrophobic. There are many scenes throughout the movie where characters are trapped hiding somewhere from the birds.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Anonymous
There are no explicitly queer characters but a queer-coded woman dies
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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PictoralExtrovert
I say yes there is one scene where they talk about the main characters mother leaving with an Eastern man in a derogatory way.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
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Cryptid_Crow
Yes. A man in the diner quotes the Bible to prove that the world is ending.
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Is there bestiality?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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PictoralExtrovert
No more than the usual stuff for the time period it was made in. Some underhanded comments towards the women but no outright objectification.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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PictoralExtrovert
No, there are comments about the main character jumping into fountains while nude but that's the extent of it.
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Is there BDSM?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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LJConrad
It is open ended, no clear resolution.
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Vehicular
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PictoralExtrovert
There is a scene towards the beginning where the leading lady brings birds to one of the male characters and as she's driving to him there is a lot of tire screeching. Later she honks the horn of a car to scare away the birds.
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Does a car crash?
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PictoralExtrovert
A car doesn't crash but it does explode after gas is ignited under it.
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
A dead man is seen in closeup with his eyes having been pecked out by birds. Bloody dead birds and humans seen.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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