MovieBias

See all results for ""
BrowseAnalyticsAbout

A Better Life (2011)

A Better Life poster

A Better Life (2011)

Overview

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Prime Video logoPrime Video
Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
Powered byJustWatch

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
7.3

Overview

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Prime Video logoPrime Video
Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's left-leaning rating stems from its empathetic portrayal of an undocumented immigrant father's struggle for economic stability and family well-being, which implicitly critiques systemic vulnerabilities and aligns with progressive discourse on immigration.

The movie features a diverse, predominantly Latino cast that authentically represents its focus on an immigrant family's struggles. While the narrative deeply explores themes of immigration and cultural identity, it does not explicitly portray traditional identities in a negative light.

Secondary

A Better Life does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's narrative is solely focused on the socio-economic struggles and relationship between an undocumented immigrant father and his son in Los Angeles, making LGBTQ+ representation absent from its storyline.

The film "A Better Life" focuses on the struggles of an undocumented immigrant father and his son in Los Angeles. Its narrative primarily explores themes of family, immigration, and socio-economic challenges. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the movie's plot or character arcs.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

A Better Life is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior adaptations from which characters' genders could have been established and subsequently altered.

A Better Life (2011) is an original film with characters created for this specific production. There is no prior source material, historical figures, or established canon from which characters' races could have been altered.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.2
The Movie Database logo
7.1

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
8.6
Metacritic logo
6.4

More Like This

Out poster
Progressive
7.4
Out
 (2020)

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
The Crucible poster
Leans Progressive
7.0
The Crucible
 (1996)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
The Grapes of Wrath poster
Leans Progressive
8.9
The Grapes of Wrath
 (1940)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
Hustlers poster
Progressive
7.4
Hustlers
 (2019)

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Searching poster
Leans Progressive
7.9
Searching
 (2018)
Political: Center
Diversity: High
Under Fire poster
Leans Progressive
7.5
Under Fire
 (1983)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
All of Us Strangers poster
Progressive
8.4
All of Us Strangers
 (2023)

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
The Apprentice poster
Progressive
7.2
The Apprentice
 (2024)

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal poster
Leans Progressive
7.4
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
 (2021)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
The Green Knight poster
Leans Progressive
7.7
The Green Knight
 (2021)
Political: Center
Diversity: High
Joker poster
Leans Progressive
7.3
Joker
 (2019)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
American Fiction poster
Progressive
8.0
American Fiction
 (2023)

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
The Wild Robot poster
Leans Progressive
8.7
The Wild Robot
 (2024)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Run poster
Leans Progressive
7.4
Run
 (2020)
Political: Center
Diversity: High
The Revenant poster
Leans Progressive
7.7
The Revenant
 (2015)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Conclave poster
Progressive
7.9
Conclave
 (2024)

Political: Center
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
A Different Man poster
Progressive
7.7
A Different Man
 (2024)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Just Mercy poster
Progressive
7.7
Just Mercy
 (2019)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Wilson poster
Leans Progressive
6.9
Wilson
 (1944)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
My Old Ass poster
Progressive
7.5
My Old Ass
 (2024)

Political: Center
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
MovieBias

Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceCookies PolicyAI Policy

Copyright 2025 © moviebias.com