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Romance, Drama  •  2022  •  119 min

20th Century Girl (2022)

20th Century Girl poster

20th Century Girl (2022)

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
8.1

Overview

Set in 1999 Seoul, this South Korean romantic drama follows a high school girl who starts spying on a boy for her lovesick best friend, then falls into her own first love. The story is deliberately small in scale: no politics, no ideology, just the ache of teenage feeling and the loyalty of friendship. The Neutral label fits because the signals mostly cancel out or stay quiet. Family warmth leans traditional, with a caring parent and chaste romance, but nothing pushes hard in any cultural direction. Director Bang Woo-ri keeps the focus on nostalgia and emotion, which makes the film broadly accessible across political and cultural lines.

Starring Cast

Kim Yoo-jung  •   Byeon Woo-seok  •   Park Jung-woo

Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film's narrative centers on universal themes of first love, friendship, and the bittersweet experience of youth, which are inherently apolitical and do not promote any specific ideological viewpoint.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

The film features a cast that is representative of its South Korean setting, without intentional race or gender swaps of roles that would traditionally be considered white in a Western context. Its narrative does not contain explicit critiques of traditional identities or make DEI themes central to its plot.

Secondary

Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: High

The film portrays a supportive mother-daughter relationship where parental authority is respected, and depicts innocent, chaste teenage romance, aligning with traditional values regarding family guidance and sexual restraint, despite featuring a single-parent household without explicit endorsement or critique.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film '20th Century Girl' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses entirely on heterosexual romantic relationships and platonic friendships set in 1999 South Korea, without any queer representation.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film '20th Century Girl' is a South Korean romantic drama centered on the themes of first love and friendship among high school students. The story follows a girl's efforts to help her best friend learn about a crush. There are no identifiable transgender characters or themes present in the film's plot or character arcs, making the portrayal N/A.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film features original characters created for its story, with no prior established canon, historical basis, or previous installments for their gender to be altered.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film "20th Century Girl" is an original South Korean production featuring new characters created specifically for the movie. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior adaptations from which characters' races could have been established and subsequently changed.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High

Not depicted in the film. The narrative does not include any references to Hinduism or its adherents.

Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.4
The Movie Database logo
8.2

Critic Ratings

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8.6
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N/A

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