7.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Horror, Crime, Drama • 2017 • 102 min
1922 (2017)
1922 (2017)
Overview
Based on Stephen King's novella, 1922 follows a Nebraska farmer in the 1920s who manipulates his teenage son into helping him murder his wife to keep their land. The story unfolds as a slow psychological horror about guilt, moral rot, and consequences that compound over years. The Leans Traditional label fits modestly. The film carries no progressive identity themes, no political commentary, and no DEI framing. Its world is rural, patriarchal, and period-specific. The family values signal pulls slightly the other way, since rigid patriarchal control drives the entire catastrophe, but the film treats this as personal moral failure rather than systemic critique. The label is mild and grounded mainly in what the film lacks.
Starring Cast
Thomas Jane • Molly Parker • Dylan Schmid
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.1
Overview
Based on Stephen King's novella, 1922 follows a Nebraska farmer in the 1920s who manipulates his teenage son into helping him murder his wife to keep their land. The story unfolds as a slow psychological horror about guilt, moral rot, and consequences that compound over years. The Leans Traditional label fits modestly. The film carries no progressive identity themes, no political commentary, and no DEI framing. Its world is rural, patriarchal, and period-specific. The family values signal pulls slightly the other way, since rigid patriarchal control drives the entire catastrophe, but the film treats this as personal moral failure rather than systemic critique. The label is mild and grounded mainly in what the film lacks.
Starring Cast
Thomas Jane • Molly Parker • Dylan Schmid
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film focuses on the universal themes of individual moral failing, the destructive power of guilt, and the inescapable consequences of one's actions, without explicitly promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features traditional casting, with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative focuses on individual psychological horror and the consequences of a crime, without presenting a critical portrayal of traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays a deeply dysfunctional nuclear family where rigid adherence to patriarchal control and traditional land ownership leads to murder and the complete destruction of the family unit, implicitly critiquing these traditional norms through their catastrophic failure.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film '1922' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on a heterosexual family's descent into tragedy and madness, driven by themes of greed and guilt, without incorporating any queer representation.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film '1922' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on a farmer's plot to murder his wife and the subsequent psychological and supernatural consequences, with no elements related to gender identity or transsexual experiences present in the story.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an adaptation of Stephen King's novella "1922." All major characters, including Wilfred, Arlette, and Henry James, maintain the same gender as established in the original source material.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film adapts Stephen King's novella, where all primary characters are depicted as white. The on-screen portrayals of these characters by the cast align with their established racial identities from the source material.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
5.9
Critic Ratings
9.2
7.0
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