American Beauty

Movie • 1999 • Drama  

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Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
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Does the dog die?
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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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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Yes and it is weirdly romanticized
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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Mercy04
Unfortunately throughout the film Ricky Fitts is physically abused by his father Colonel Fitts.
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Addiction
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Drugs are a central theme. Many scenes of main characters smoking weed.
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Lester drinks beer often, but it isn't shown to be an addiction
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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?
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Dead bird shown on the creepy guys camera
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Are animals abused?
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eventhebugs
Ricky records a dead bird on the grass at the high school.
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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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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
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A woman slaps her teen daughter
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Is someone drugged?
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Lester played by Kevin Spacey is infatuated with and has a scene fantasizing about his daughter's highschool friend. The movie follows him becoming obsessed with her.
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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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Is someone's mouth covered?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
No, although an adult man almost has sex with a teenager.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Are there dislocations?
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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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Is someone burned alive?
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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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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?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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ricky gets punched in the eye
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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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BellatrixSound
Yes, and there is graphic sexual nudity involving two girls, one is an adult playing a teen and one is actually an underage teen playing the same
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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CMster
The movie starts with a voiceover letting us know that the main character will die/is already dead
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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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user13396
Lester mentions at the beginning of the movie that he's dead, and it's made to look like Ricky and Angela are responsible. However, it's revealed he was shot by Frank towards the end of the movie.
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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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CMster
Two characters try to cheat on their spouses

Another character does cheat on their spouse in a somewhat graphic sex scene
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Cassiman
Lester is shown naked in the shower and Jane is shown to shower, but we don’t see her naked body
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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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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Safe!!
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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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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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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Not exactly, but an ostensibly heterosexual married character is strongly implied to be a repressed gay man and non-consensually kisses a male character
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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No but a character being sent to a mental hospital and treated in humanely there is discussed
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there menstruation?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Ccasey
near the start of the film the wife is crying and starts slapping herself in the face and telling herself to shut up, could be seen as self harm and hard to watch for some
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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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A man has daydreams about a girl and they are distortions of reality
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there misophonia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Cassiman
Yes. Jane hates her breasts and is putting money towards augmentation
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
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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
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Jane's neighbor films her without permission. This is depicted as romantic.
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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
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ricky and rickys dads say f slur and hate on the gays (and more i think??? i haven’t watched the whole movie lols)
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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A character collects N*zi memorabilia
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Anonymous
no but someone thinks someone else is gay (when he's not) and shoots him. There is also rude statements made about the LGBT community
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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There is a gay couple
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Does the black guy die first?
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Anonymous
Lots of homophobia, especially from Frank. There's also a few ableist slurs used here and there.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
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gh0st271
**Spoiler** The father is obsessed with/falls in love with a teenager.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
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There is nudity involving two girls, one is an adult playing a teen and one is actually an underage teen playing the same
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Is there bestiality?
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Almost, but it's stopped at the last second
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Yes and there is graphic nudity involving two girls, one is an adult playing a teen and one is actually an underage teen playing the same
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Is there BDSM?
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Sexism
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A man is ridiculed in other ways in a similar vein
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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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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Is existentialism debated?
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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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A motivational speech is given so it may not be seen as sad, but overall I think it's a sad ending
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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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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Cassiman
A man is shot in the head and the corpse is shown graphically
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Very sudden and graphic
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