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* MoralityPet: Sam, the kid who lives down Joe's street, is this for him. Hannah seems like she might be, but it's played with in that Joe switches between being kind and cruel to her.
* NonIndicativeName: Nope, despite the poster and the title, this movie has almost nothing to do with dinosaurs whatsoever. (See ShoutOut below for an explanation of the title.)

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* MoralityPet: MoralityPet:
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Sam, the kid who lives down Joe's street, is this for him. him.
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Hannah seems like she might be, but it's played with in that Joe switches between being kind and cruel to her.
* NonIndicativeName: Nope, Nope -- despite the poster and the title, this movie has almost nothing to do with dinosaurs whatsoever. (See ShoutOut below for an explanation of the title.)



* ShoutOut: The film's title is given meaning in a scene when Joe regretfully admits that "Tyrannosaur" was a mean nickname he gave his late wife because of her weight, since her walking up the stairs reminded him of the T-rex in ''Film/JurassicPark'' running after the children in the film.

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The meaning of the film's title is given meaning explained in a scene when Joe regretfully admits that "Tyrannosaur" was a mean nickname he gave his late wife because of her weight, since her walking up the stairs reminded him of the T-rex in ''Film/JurassicPark'' running after the children in the film.film.
** When Joe first hides in Hannah's shop, she asks what his name is; he sarcastically responds, "Creator/RobertDeNiro." Owing to her character, she then earnestly refers to him as "Robert".

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* DomesticAbuse: One of the most terrifying examples on film in form of James' treatment of Hannah.

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* DomesticAbuse: One of the most terrifying examples on film in form of James' treatment of Hannah.Hannah -- both what we see, and the additional incidents that we hear Hannah describe.



* NonIndicativeName: Nope, despite the poster and the title this movie has absolutely nothing to do with dinosaurs whatsoever.

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* NonIndicativeName: Nope, despite the poster and the title title, this movie has absolutely almost nothing to do with dinosaurs whatsoever.whatsoever. (See ShoutOut below for an explanation of the title.)


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* ShoutOut: The film's title is given meaning in a scene when Joe regretfully admits that "Tyrannosaur" was a mean nickname he gave his late wife because of her weight, since her walking up the stairs reminded him of the T-rex in ''Film/JurassicPark'' running after the children in the film.

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''Tyrannosaur'' is a 2011 British drama film written and directed by Creator/PaddyConsidine. His feature directorial debut, the film is also an adaptation of Considine's 2007 short film ''Dog Altogether'', and continues its story with the same main characters. It stars Creator/PeterMullan and Creator/OliviaColman, with Creator/EddieMarsan, Paul Popplewell and Sally Carman in supporting roles. Mullan and Colman were both handpicked by Considine for their roles, with Considine and Colman having previously shot ''Film/HotFuzz'' together.

The film follows Joseph (Mullan), a man plagued with violence and rage, and on a self-destructive downward spiral as a result. As he descends further into regret and self-loathing, he ends up in a second-hand shop, hiding after fleeing from the scene of a recent assault he inflicted.

In doing so, he meets Hannah (Colman), a Christian worker at the shop, and although he harshly rebuffs her at first, Joseph slowly finds that she may be the single grain of redemption that might restore hope to his life. Unfortunately, there is more to their relationship than meets the eye, as Hannah is hiding a secret of her own that leads to serious consequences for both of their lives.

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''Tyrannosaur'' is a 2011 British drama film written and directed by Creator/PaddyConsidine. His Creator/PaddyConsidine in his feature directorial debut, the debut. The film is also an adaptation of Considine's 2007 short film ''Dog Altogether'', and continues its story with the same main characters. It stars Creator/PeterMullan and Creator/OliviaColman, with Creator/EddieMarsan, Paul Popplewell and Sally Carman in supporting roles. roles.

The film is an expansion of Considine's 2007 short film ''Dog Altogether'', continuing its story with the same two main characters and lead actors (albeit with the name of Colman's character changed).
Mullan and Colman were both handpicked by Considine for their roles, with Considine and Colman having previously shot ''Film/HotFuzz'' together.

The film
worked together on ''Film/HotFuzz''.

''Tyrannosaur''
follows Joseph (Mullan), a man plagued with violence and rage, and on a self-destructive downward spiral as a result. As he descends further into regret and self-loathing, he ends up in a second-hand shop, hiding after fleeing from the scene of a recent an assault he inflicted.

In doing so, he Joseph meets Hannah (Colman), a Christian worker at the shop, and although shop. Although he harshly rebuffs her at first, Joseph slowly finds that she may be the single grain of redemption that might restore hope to his life. Unfortunately, there is more to their relationship than meets the eye, as Hannah is hiding a secret of her own that leads to serious consequences for both of their lives.



Although the film is not completely autobiographical, ''Tyrannosaur'' depicts an environment similar to what Considine witnessed growing up on a council estate in the Midlands. Also, in writing ''Dog Altogether'', Considine based the character of Joseph loosely off his late father (also named Joseph), naming the short after a saying his father used to define a bad situation.

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Although the film is not completely autobiographical, ''Tyrannosaur'' depicts an environment similar to what Considine witnessed growing up on a council estate in the Midlands. Also, in writing ''Dog Altogether'', Considine based the character of Joseph loosely off his late father (also named Joseph), naming the short after a saying his father used to define a bad situation.



* AbusiveParents: Sam's mother isn't so bad, but her idiotic, wannabe-tough guy boyfriend is. It's also all-but-stated that Joseph's father was abusive to him, judging by his brief comments on him and how he views his neighbor's dog, telling it that being violent isn't the dog's fault, it's the owner.

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Sam's mother isn't so bad, but her idiotic, wannabe-tough guy boyfriend is. is.
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It's also all-but-stated that Joseph's father was abusive to him, judging by his brief comments on him and how he views his neighbor's dog, telling it that being violent isn't the dog's fault, it's the owner.



** Joe opens the film by getting deeply angry about something and kicking his dog so hard it dies the next day. He tenderly carries the dog home, hating himself for losing his temper so badly.
** James appears first on film by coming home late and urinating on the apparently sleeping Hannah.

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** Joe opens the film by getting deeply angry about something and kicking in a drunken rage that leads him to kick his dog so hard it dies the next day. to death. He then tenderly carries the dog home, home and buries it, hating himself for losing his temper so badly.
badly.
** James first appears first on in the film by coming home late and urinating on the apparently sleeping Hannah.
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Dewicked trope


* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: When it comes to picking a title, anyway.
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Although the film is in not completely autobiographical, ''Tyrannosaur'' depicts an environment similar to what Considine witnessed growing up on a council estate in the Midlands. Also, in writing ''Dog Altogether'', Considine based the character of Joseph loosely off his late father (also named Joseph), naming the short after a saying his father used to define a bad situation.

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Although the film is in not completely autobiographical, ''Tyrannosaur'' depicts an environment similar to what Considine witnessed growing up on a council estate in the Midlands. Also, in writing ''Dog Altogether'', Considine based the character of Joseph loosely off his late father (also named Joseph), naming the short after a saying his father used to define a bad situation.

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->'''[[BrokenBird Hannah]]:''' I feel safe with you.\\
'''[[HairTriggerTemper Joseph]]:''' Nobody's safe with me.

A 2011 British drama film written and directed by Creator/PaddyConsidine, his first feature film.

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I feel safe with you.\\
'''[[HairTriggerTemper Joseph]]:''' '''Joseph:''' Nobody's safe with me.

A ''Tyrannosaur'' is a 2011 British drama film written and directed by Creator/PaddyConsidine, his first Creator/PaddyConsidine. His feature film.directorial debut, the film is also an adaptation of Considine's 2007 short film ''Dog Altogether'', and continues its story with the same main characters. It stars Creator/PeterMullan and Creator/OliviaColman, with Creator/EddieMarsan, Paul Popplewell and Sally Carman in supporting roles. Mullan and Colman were both handpicked by Considine for their roles, with Considine and Colman having previously shot ''Film/HotFuzz'' together.

The film follows Joseph (Mullan), a man plagued with violence and rage, and on a self-destructive downward spiral as a result. As he descends further into regret and self-loathing, he ends up in a second-hand shop, hiding after fleeing from the scene of a recent assault he inflicted.

In doing so, he meets Hannah (Colman), a Christian worker at the shop, and although he harshly rebuffs her at first, Joseph slowly finds that she may be the single grain of redemption that might restore hope to his life. Unfortunately, there is more to their relationship than meets the eye, as Hannah is hiding a secret of her own that leads to serious consequences for both of their lives.



It depicts an environment similar to what Considine witnessed growing up on a council estate in the Midlands, although the film is in no way autobiographical. It stars Creator/PeterMullan, Creator/OliviaColman and Creator/EddieMarsan, with Paul Popplewell and Sally Carman. The film's title is a metaphor, the meaning of which is revealed in the film. It was filmed in Spring 2010 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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It Although the film is in not completely autobiographical, ''Tyrannosaur'' depicts an environment similar to what Considine witnessed growing up on a council estate in the Midlands, although Midlands. Also, in writing ''Dog Altogether'', Considine based the film is in no way autobiographical. It stars Creator/PeterMullan, Creator/OliviaColman and Creator/EddieMarsan, with Paul Popplewell and Sally Carman. The film's title is a metaphor, character of Joseph loosely off his late father (also named Joseph), naming the meaning of which is revealed in the film. It was filmed in Spring 2010 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.short after a saying his father used to define a bad situation.
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* WrestlerOfBeasts: Invoked and deconstructed. Joe kills the violent pitbull that mauled and permanently scarred [[MoralityPet Sam]]. He tells Hannah that he still gets letters congratulating him on making a stand, but that he feels no personal triumph from it because the dog itself was only aggressive because it had been abused by Sam's mother's boyfriend.
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Sam's mother has a boyfriend, not a husband


* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Hannah's in prison for killing James and Sam has been horribly mauled by his abusive stepfather's dog, but the dog is dead by Joseph's hand, sparing Sam further harm, and Joseph and Hannah are still friends. They still have someone who cares about them in each other, which is more than they had a year prior.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Hannah's in prison for killing James and Sam has been horribly mauled by his abusive stepfather's mother's boyfriend's dog, but the dog is dead by Joseph's hand, sparing Sam further harm, and Joseph and Hannah are still friends. They still have someone who cares about them in each other, which is more than they had a year prior.]]



* BookEnds: The film opens with the death of Joseph's sweet dog after he kicks him. It closes with Joseph going (briefly) to prison for killing Sam's stepfather's dog after said dog scars his face.

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* BookEnds: The film opens with the death of Joseph's sweet dog after he kicks him. It closes with Joseph going (briefly) to prison for killing Sam's stepfather's mother's boyfriend's dog after said dog scars his face.
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Sam's mother has a boyfriend, not a husband


* AbusiveParents: Sam's idiotic, wannabe-tough guy stepfather. It's also all-but-stated that Joseph's father was abusive to him, judging by his brief comments on him and how he views his neighbor's dog, telling it that being violent isn't the dog's fault, it's the owner.

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* AbusiveParents: Sam's mother isn't so bad, but her idiotic, wannabe-tough guy stepfather.boyfriend is. It's also all-but-stated that Joseph's father was abusive to him, judging by his brief comments on him and how he views his neighbor's dog, telling it that being violent isn't the dog's fault, it's the owner.



* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Played with. Joe opens the film by kicking his adorable dog to death. However, he feels terrible about it and [[TheAtoner atones]] by...killing a dog. However, this time he did it because the dog had been abused by Sam's awful stepfather into attacking Sam and goring his face.

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Played with. Joe opens the film by kicking his adorable dog to death. However, he feels terrible about it and [[TheAtoner atones]] by...killing a dog. However, this time he did it because the dog had been abused by Sam's mother's awful stepfather boyfriend into attacking Sam and goring his face.
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* BookEnds: The film opens with the death of Joseph's sweet dog after he kicks him. It closes with Joseph going (briefly) to prison for killing Sam's stepfather's dog after said dog scars his face.
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* MoralityPet: Sam, the kid who lives down Joe's street, is this for him. Hannah seems like she might be, but it's played with in that Joe switches between being kind and cruel to her.


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* PetTheDog: Also a literal example. After kicking his dog to death, Joe is visibly horrified and tenderly carries the dog home as it dies.

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He then comes back and rapes her so I don't think Dirty Coward applies


* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Played with.

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Played with. Joe opens the film by kicking his adorable dog to death. However, he feels terrible about it and [[TheAtoner atones]] by...killing a dog. However, this time he did it because the dog had been abused by Sam's awful stepfather into attacking Sam and goring his face.



* DirtyCoward: James beats and torments Hannah to soothe his own insecurities, but when a stinking drunk Hannah suddenly stands up to him for once, he backs down almost immediately.



* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Joe opens the film by getting deeply angry about something and kicking his dog so hard it dies the next day. He tenderly carries the dog home, hating himself for losing his temper so badly.

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Joe opens the film by getting deeply angry about something and kicking his dog so hard it dies the next day. He tenderly carries the dog home, hating himself for losing his temper so badly.
** James appears first on film by coming home late and urinating on the apparently sleeping Hannah.
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* ShadowArchetype: James for Joe. Both are extremely violent men but, while Joe kills his beloved dog, he is shown to try and avoid taking it out on people, preferring to hammer his shed down, while James is a DomesticAbuser and violent rapist who shows zero remorse for his crimes. (Although his best friend's daughter implies that he may have been abusive to his now-dead wife, as she asks him if it brings back memories for him.)

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* ShadowArchetype: James for Joe. Both are extremely violent men but, while Joe kills his beloved dog, he is shown to try and avoid taking it out on people, preferring to hammer his shed down, while down. He also mocked his wife for her weight, but still loved her, feels a great deal of remorse, and misses her desperately. James is a DomesticAbuser and violent rapist who shows zero remorse for his crimes. (Although his best friend's daughter implies that he may have been abusive to his now-dead wife, as she asks him if it brings back memories for him.)
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* ShadowArchetype: James for Joe. Both are extremely violent men but, while Joe kills his beloved dog, he is shown to try and avoid taking it out on people, preferring to hammer his shed down, while James is a DomesticAbuser and violent rapist who shows zero remorse for his crimes.

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* ShadowArchetype: James for Joe. Both are extremely violent men but, while Joe kills his beloved dog, he is shown to try and avoid taking it out on people, preferring to hammer his shed down, while James is a DomesticAbuser and violent rapist who shows zero remorse for his crimes. (Although his best friend's daughter implies that he may have been abusive to his now-dead wife, as she asks him if it brings back memories for him.)

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