I'm going to come out and say it.  'Ferdinand' is a very pro-animal rights movie.  The entire premise of the movie is that bulls are being either killed in bullfights or they are sent to slaughter.  Nothing about this movie makes excuses for animal agriculture or the abuses that these animals endure.  There are a few ill-placed play on words that I'll mention below, but the rest of the movie is very well done and is perfect for teaching kids that animals do not want to die.  There is even a scene in a slaughterhouse.  And while it is not graphic or necessarily inappropriate for kids, it is clear enough that nothing humane happens in a slaughterhouse.  Even for vegan adults, this movie is well worth seeing.  It is basically the cow version of Charlotte's Web or Babe. 




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Elements in the movie that are possibly disturbing to a vegan: ​

1. The goat character calls the horse a 'glue stick'.

2. The goat says 'Holy Beefaroni' near the cows.

3.  Some cows are acknowledged to have died in the bull fight.

4. One cow is offensively named Angus, and he calls another cow a 'bag of meat'.

5. There is a slaughter house scene and a slaughter truck with the diagram of cuts of meat of a cow. (this is shown in a negative light and lent sympathy to the animal rights cause, but still might be hard to see).

6. The horns of bulls that died in past bullfights are hanging on the wall in one seen (but this is shown in a sad way, not a positive way).

6. Most bulls are shown to be violent and wanting to fight in the bull fights.  But this was linked to the assumption that if they won, they would go free (and possibly a plot device to show character development in the other bulls).  

All of that being said, these inappropriate attempts at using word play to get a laugh are minor issues in an otherwise hugely pro-animal rights movie.  I think all vegans will enjoy this movie in spite of these few shortcomings!  

I thought vegans might enjoy having a vegan's take on the elements of a movie that might be triggering or offensive to the compassionate people going to see a movie.  There are guides for parents and such, but no site really warns us about things that we might find offensive in movies.

Summary of the basic plot (no spoilers)
'All the Money in the World' tells the story of the kidnapped grandson of John Paul Getty.  Getty made himself the richest man in the world by controlling the oil coming out of the Middle East.  This movie tells the story of how a group of men attempt to kidnap and ransom his grandson to him for $14 million.  But, Getty treats this like any other economic negotiation while the mother of the boy struggles to get the billionaire to take the danger to her son's life seriously.

Elements in the movie that are possibly disturbing to a vegan:  ​

1. A fire roasted rabbit
There is a scene where what appears to be the charred body of a rabbit is being cooked as one of the characters says something about rabbit stew.

2. A scene in a butcher shop
In one scene, a man is clearly cutting up steak portions in a 1970s butcher shop in Italy.  There are no recognizable bodies, but it is clearly meant to be parts of a cow being sliced up.

3. Many food based scenes where people are eating meat.  
Several times there are scenes where people are clearly eating the remains of animals.  And in one scene the grandson of Getty is being told to eat a very large steak.  These scenes are what one would typically see if walking through a restaurant with carnivores.   ​

These were the most difficult elements in the movie as a vegan.  If you can handle this, the movie is an intense dramatic thriller that keeps you on the edge in regards to what is going to happen to the kidnapped grandson.