Pearl
Movie • 2020 • Drama
ReportAfter her mother is murdered by her stepfather, gifted 15 year old student Pearl goes to live with an ex-lover of her mother, a grumpy unemployed film director who, pending the results of a paternity test, may be her biological father.
This movie contains 52 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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Unanswered Triggers
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Westley
[SPOILERS] Not effectively, but Pearls mother threatens to basically kick Pearl out of the house/stop supporting her.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Rafilo
Not clear if Pearl continues taking care of the barn animals towards the end though, after she shuts the door to the barn.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
48 supporters
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DecarinhaNoasfalto
yes lol
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
38 supporters
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Westley
Pearl's mother emotionally abuses her/is strict to the point of neglect (arguably) and tries to hurt her during a fight, while also threatening to kick her out. Pearl later expresses that she doesn't really hate her mother, who she knows "had a hard life."
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Is someone stalked?
21 supporters
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sheepier
Not extensively, but characters are followed / chased by a character with intent to kill.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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clusterbabey
Pearl kills her abusive mother and says about the people she killed that “I hurt them so they too might know what it feels like to suffer”.
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keiragrenier
Pearl’s mother is emotionally abusive. I suppose Pearl is technically not a child but it is a mother-daughter relationship.
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Addiction
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moldinmyhouse
There’s a brief moment where Pearl takes her fathers prescription medicine
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Animal
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rorykillmore
A goose is killed & a gator egg is shown being crushed.
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Are animals abused?
176 supporters
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Rafilo
Goose chased into the scene, breathing heavily and killed - bird put in tiny cage, fluttering around in distress.
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Is there a dead animal?
98 supporters
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junebugx1994
time stamps?
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Does a pet die?
142 supporters
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Westley
Farm animals.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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keiragrenier
An alligator/crocodile lives in the water behind Pearl’s house and eats all of the bodies (human and animal) that Pearl kills.
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Are there bugs?
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Lumpbird
Maggots are shown on screen eating a pig carcass
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Assault
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keiragrenier
Yes, Pearl’s mother slaps her and then Pearl slaps her mother before accidentally catching her on fire.
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Emilymaria
To elaborate on the above commenter's statement: there's a scene where Pearl dances with a scarecrow, makes out with it, and then grinds on top of it. The scarecrow is shown to represent one of Pearl's fantasies of a man she meets earlier in the film. Could potentially be triggering for some, but there's no actual human victim involved. Just a straw-stuffed scarecrow.
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
28 supporters
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Westley
Pearl's father breathes roughly due to illness- either a past stroke or tuberculosis symptons- and is eventually smothered with a pillow. He's
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Is there decapitation?
34 supporters
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Edood
By the end of the movie, not only is a character's body hacked apart (shown in graphic scenes), but her head is also chopped off her body and fed to an alligator.
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Is someone burned alive?
41 supporters
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Pearl and her mother get in a fight and she pushed in a fireplace and burned
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Is there body horror?
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linn266262
A montage where a character murderers other characters very graphic
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Is there amputation?
26 supporters
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linn266262
A character cuts off a corpse arm
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Does a head get squashed?
52 supporters
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reginagoodbody
A head is seen stabbed and multiple appearances of severe burn wounds of the face.
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Is there a hanging?
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Rafilo
A shot of the dangling feet of the scarecrow might look triggering though.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Lumpbird
Pearl smothers her father offscreen
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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BibiBubi
She is still alive
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Is someone stabbed?
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sheepier
Characters are stabbed with a pitchfork.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
23 supporters
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keiragrenier
All of the major characters besides Pearl die.
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Does a non-human character die?
22 supporters
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cherry
animals, not something like an alien or a robot
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does someone cheat?
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keiragrenier
Pearl cheats on her husband who is in the war with a man who works at the movie theater.
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
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Westley
There are a few small scares, such as one early on where there's a quick cut to flying, squaking crows.
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Is there a shower scene?
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mattyyuhh
bath scene
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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keiragrenier
There is a lake/pond behind Pearl’s house.
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Are there mannequins?
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Westley
Not really. But if mannequins bother you, you might be bothered by a scene with a scarecrow that has a hard, smooth & blank face and limp body.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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mattyyuhh
man throws up blood after being stabbed by pearl :)
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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reginagoodbody
mentioning of a disabled person soiling themselves.
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Is someone eaten?
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Westley
It's not shown but implied that a gator eats a human corpse, and another person is almost fed to that same gator.
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Does someone spit?
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throughourphantoms
no, but I'd like to add that when Pearl is crying, you can see a booger run down, and when she's talking you can see her saliva.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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Edood
What does that have to do with incarceration
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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keiragrenier
It is very apparent that Pearl is not mentally sound but she is never diagnosed with an illness.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
32 supporters
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Khloie9978
Yes, it’s basically the premise of the whole movie.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Westley
There are a couple meltdowns where Pearl screams and yells, and a particularly heavy one late in the movie where she screams and sobs very loudly and is clearly upset.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
39 supporters
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Khloie9978
No but a mom doesn’t allow her daughter to eat food at points even though she’s quite hungry.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
78 supporters
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
37 supporters
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Westley
[SPOILERS] Pearl suffers minor flashbacks/hallucinations of her mother throughout the latter half of the movie.
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Noxious
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Westley
A few small audio jumpscares with music peaking, crows cawing, etc.
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Is there screaming?
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sheepier
Pearl screams often when she’s upset, occasionally while speaking.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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keiragrenier
Yes, Pearl masturbates on a scarecrow.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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leafsys
extremely heavy flashing during a storm.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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clusterbabey
Pearl’s mother tells her she’s seen what she does when she thinks no one is watching.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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keiragrenier
Technically no BUT there is a part at the very end during the credits where Pearl is staring very eerily, smiling and crying looking very close to the right of the camera looking at Howard. If you are triggered by the fourth wall being broken that I’d suggest skipping til after the credits right after Pearl says something along the lines of “I’m so glad you’re home”
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Pregnancy
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Does someone miscarry?
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reginagoodbody
it is mentioned graphically during a monologue.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
39 supporters
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cherry
violence to a disabled person
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2
No, but they are in WW1 and there’s references to that
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
39 supporters
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aiwxo
Nudity shown through an adult movie watched by Pearl and the projectionist.
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clusterbabey
Pearl has to change and bathe her disabled father and bathes with him in the room, which could be triggering
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Is there sexual content?
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Khloie9978
Pearl rides a scarecrow and moans as if she’s having intercourse, quite an odd and mildly disturbing scene.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Lumpbird
While never explicitly stated, Pearl's father appears to be a stroke victim and is left disabled
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
53 supporters
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sheepier
(SPOILERS)
Debatable. By no means is it happy, though Pearl smiles for an extended period at the end and throughout the credits.
Debatable. By no means is it happy, though Pearl smiles for an extended period at the end and throughout the credits.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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Westley
[SPOILERS] Pearl pushes a car with a corpse in it into a large pond.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Lumpbird
Corpses are thrown into a lake - no active drowning
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Is there blood/gore?
52 supporters
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reginagoodbody
SEVERE
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