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8 Women (2002)

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8 Women (2002)

Overview

Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowbound cottage, only to find the family patriarch dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.


Starring Cast


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive

Political: Center
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Race Swap: Yes

Viewer Rating
7.1

Overview

Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowbound cottage, only to find the family patriarch dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The film is a stylized musical mystery that explores the complex desires, secrets, and power dynamics among eight women in a confined setting. While it touches on themes of female agency and non-traditional relationships, its focus remains on individual character revelations and interpersonal drama rather than promoting a specific political ideology or offering a systemic critique.

The movie features an all-female ensemble cast, including a Black actress in a significant role, and prominently explores a lesbian relationship. The narrative centers on female experiences and critiques traditional patriarchal structures through the negative portrayal of the sole male character.

Secondary

The film "8 Women" offers a largely positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes. It features characters with same-sex attractions and relationships, presenting them as genuine and integral to their identities. The narrative explores diverse forms of love and desire without judgment, contributing to an affirming and complex depiction within its campy, theatrical framework.

The character of the cook, implicitly white in the original 1958 French play "Huit femmes," is portrayed by a Black actress (Firmine Richard as Madame Riri) in the 2002 film adaptation. This constitutes a race swap for a canonically established role.

The film "8 Women" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its plot centers on a group of cisgender women investigating a murder, with the narrative exclusively exploring their interpersonal dynamics and secrets within that context.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film "8 Women" is an adaptation of a 1958 play, both featuring eight distinct female characters. The film maintains the original gender of all characters from the source material, with no character established as one gender in the play being portrayed as a different gender on screen.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.0
The Movie Database logo
6.9

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
7.9
Metacritic logo
6.4

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