Apocalypse Now

Movie • 1979 • Drama  

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At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
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Does the dog die?
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CoolGuyJonah
The dog doesn't explicitly die, but he goes missing and isn't seen again for the remainder of the film. His fate is unknown, but if you truly care about the safety of dogs in movies, it's likely it will upset you to an extent.
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Unanswered Triggers
Is someone drugged?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Is there menstruation?
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Abandonment
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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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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FortuneCactus
I mean almost everyone is gaslighted in someway but they’re minor situations
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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jojox
Many references but not generally shown in detail - LSD, acid, weed (shown but briefly) and many characters are shown as high which contributes to violent or strange behaviour.
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Is there addiction?
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FortuneCactus
The main character is an alcoholic
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jojox
The protagonist appears to be an alcoholic and drinks heavily in a few scenes
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Animal
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Sid
An ox was hacked to death during a religious ritual. As far as I can tell the ritual would have happened anyway so it wasn’t killed specifically for the film
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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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UnagioLucio
A real ox is slowly hacked apart onscreen.
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Are animals abused?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
The American Humane Association deemed the movie "unacceptable"
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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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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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WhatDaDogDoing
Nothing focused on as far as I remember, just flies buzzing around in a few scenes. I watched the final cut version though, so I don't know if it's different elsewhere
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Assault
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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FortuneCactus
There isn’t full on sexual assault but sexual assault is talked about and a few women are sexually harassed
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I’m so sorry I accidentally clicked it I haven’t seen it idk
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Bodily Harm
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Sid
Willard cuts his hand open punching a mirror, which was actually unscripted and happened in real life
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Are any hands damaged?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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AskyLibrarybutt
One human (off screen), one water buffalo (on-screen)
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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christopherleepompa
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
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Is someone buried alive?
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Sid
There’s every kind of horror
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Is there amputation?
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Verity.williams
There are many amputated heads shown and the colonel says the reason that he is insane is because he saw children getting vaccinated by soldiers for polio but because those kids where in an indigenous tribe the parents cut all of their arms off thinking the soldiers did something bad to them, the colonel saw the pile of little arms. This is talked about but not shown
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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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jojox
Bodies are shown suspended, sometimes with nudity. Quite graphic.
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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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christopherleepompa
Mostly mutilation through gunfire, there's also plenty of decapitation.
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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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freddy.t
There is a threat of eye mutiliation when a character attempts to stab someone in the eye. They are unsuccessful.
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Is someone stabbed?
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Sid
Don’t watch this film if you’re sensitive to gore
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Sid
Mr. Clean is 17 years old
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Is a minor sexualized?
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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?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Disability
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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Are there jump scares?
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AskyLibrarybutt
Very briefly, and played for comedy, when two soldiers force a heavily intoxicated Willard under a cold shower
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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?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Sid
There’s a motif of a snail crawling along a straight razor which is discussed but never seen
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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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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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Verity.williams
In many of the scenes you can hear soldiers crying and screaming
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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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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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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 have a mental illness?
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freddy.t
In one of the earliest scenes, Willard punches a mirror, causing him to bleed.
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Throwaway3442
While it’s not specifically stated, you can see the mental deterioration of soldiers and them doing things which many people would consider war crimes or inhumane. It’s a pretty good take on what war can do on the human physique.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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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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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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freddy.t
No direct suicides are depicted onscreen, but late in the film a major character does not protest, fight back, or run away when he knows someone is going to kill him.
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Sid
Willard at least, but probably everyone
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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FortuneCactus
In a few of the combat scenes there is shaken cam. I’m usually bothered by shakey cam but I found it watchable
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Does a baby cry?
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Throwaway3442
Yes, in a few scenes there a children crying
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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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AskyLibrarybutt
The film is presented as though Willard is telling the audience what happened
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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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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Sharon Tate's murder is alluded to
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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AskyLibrarybutt
No hard-r, and only used by black people, but still used nonetheless.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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jojox
There are other deaths shown before mostly of Vietnamese people or unnamed soldiers but the first two main named characters to die are **kind of spoilers** both black men.
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Is there hate speech?
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king
slurs used by american soldiers against Vietnamese, "gook" "slope" also an african american soldier uses the word n***a in reference to an unseen enemy
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Sex
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RyanS
The Final Cut and Redux Cut have nudity
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Is there bestiality?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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4
Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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FortuneCactus
Lots and lots of boobs
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Sexism
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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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AskyLibrarybutt
Depending on which version you watch, there are no end credits to speak of in the first place.
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AskyLibrarybutt
Not really sad, more just kinda bleak, but definitely not a happy 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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jojox
Both planes and helicopters are shown crashing and already crashed
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Yes
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FortuneCactus
There’s a lot of corpses around and real animal death
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Everything but
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
It's almost constant
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