Thelma
Movie
ReportFollows Thelma Post, a 90-year-old grandmother, who is deceived by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson and sets out on a quest to reclaim what was taken from her.
This movie contains 11 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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sampharos
A grandmother sneaks away from her grandson
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Abuse
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Lemon56
Thelma being scammed out of money by someone pretending to be her grandson is a major plot point.
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Addiction
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Is there a dead animal?
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sampharos
Just a roach
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Are there bugs?
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antlersantlers
When they go to Mona's house, and again at the end.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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antlersantlers
Thelma restricts the oxygen of the old man scammer by squeezing the tube connected to his oxygen tank.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Lemon56
The characters mention that a friend died in a fire pit multiple times, but nothing is shown.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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There is the threat of it, but nothing more.
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Is someone tortured?
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sampharos
Someone is briefly cut off from their oxygen supply
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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antlersantlers
You don't see it on screen, but it's mentioned several times that Ben's wife fell down the stairs to her death.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Family
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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feckhead
A catalyst for Thelma’s journey is that the police are disinterested and unhelpful in helping her after she was scammed
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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sampharos
No but there is some hospital like imagery and sounds in the nursing home
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Does someone have cancer?
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Lemon56
Mentioned as a cause of death for characters on screen. Thelma also is said to be a breast cancer survivor and supposedly has a brain tumor, but none of it is relevant outside of that scene.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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antlersantlers
Her grandson Dan has an anxiety attack after she makes a break for it.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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sampharos
A car suddenly hits something
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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feckhead
Thelma’s grandson, Danny, is watched by someone without his knowledge when he’s on a phone call. Played for laughs
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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sampharos
Thelma describes herself as a "balloon"
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Race
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Relationships
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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JoshuaAWitherell
No, but it is mentioned.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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sampharos
One of the women they visit repeats her conversation over again as if it didn't happen. Thelma feigns amnesia towards the end and it's mentioned she had a lapse of amnesia once
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Is someone terminally ill?
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feckhead
On a phone call, Thelma discusses some of her friends have passed away from various terminal diseases
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Social
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Are there end credit scenes?
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sampharos
A very sweet scene of the inspiration for Thelma
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Does it have a sad ending?
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JoshuaAWitherell
Bittersweet, but not sad.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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antlersantlers
A person isn't hit, but a scooter is absolutely obliterated.
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Is there gun violence?
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Lemon56
A gun gets shot multiple times, though no one is hurt.
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