* HarsherInHindsight: The film's repeated and persistent portrayal of Eustacia Cutler (Temple's mother) as a great autism advocate can be hard to watch given some [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2013/08/05/temple-grandins-mother-links-autism-with-viewing-child-pornography/?sh=223d00c29590 very controversial (and unfounded) comments]] that Cutler made about autism a few years after the film was released.
* NightmareFuel: Even someone without autism (or another similar condition) can find Temple's panic attacks scary as all hell, especially Temple screaming to her aunt to close the machine on her body while crying and screaming.
* NauseaFuel: [[spoiler: The ranchers covering Temple's front window with bull testicles.]] Made worse in that Temple just wipes it off with her hands and sleeves as if it were just mud. She even throws a little!
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