8.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Family, Animation, Comedy • 1996 • 30 min
A Close Shave (1996)
A Close Shave (1996)
Overview
A Close Shave is a 1996 Wallace & Gromit animated short film featuring a whirlwind romance and a mix-up involving robotic sheep. The public bias label of Leans Traditional fits as the story avoids modern identity themes or societal critique, favoring a classic adventure feel. It showcases traditional family-neutral storytelling with well-established characters and a clear antagonist without injecting modern progressive issues. The humor, character roles, and apolitical framing contribute to a mild, family-friendly vibe that aligns with traditional leanings.
Starring Cast
Peter Sallis • Anne Reid • Justin Fletcher
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
8.6
Overview
A Close Shave is a 1996 Wallace & Gromit animated short film featuring a whirlwind romance and a mix-up involving robotic sheep. The public bias label of Leans Traditional fits as the story avoids modern identity themes or societal critique, favoring a classic adventure feel. It showcases traditional family-neutral storytelling with well-established characters and a clear antagonist without injecting modern progressive issues. The humor, character roles, and apolitical framing contribute to a mild, family-friendly vibe that aligns with traditional leanings.
Starring Cast
Peter Sallis • Anne Reid • Justin Fletcher
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film focuses on an apolitical narrative of crime and detection, where individual ingenuity and teamwork are used to overcome a clear villain. Its themes of animal welfare and exploitation are presented as personal villainy rather than systemic issues, resulting in a neutral political stance.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features traditional casting and character design, with no explicit race or gender swaps of roles. The narrative presents traditional identities neutrally or positively, focusing on a classic adventure story without incorporating explicit DEI themes or critiques.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium
The film primarily depicts a bachelor and his dog, with no traditional family structures, marriage, or parenting roles explored in the narrative, resulting in a neutral portrayal of family norms.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
A Close Shave is an animated short film centered on Wallace's romantic interest in Wendolene Ramsbottom and Gromit's efforts to clear his name. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative or character arcs.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
A Close Shave does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story focuses on Wallace and Gromit's comedic adventure involving a sheep, a love interest, and a robotic dog antagonist, without any elements pertaining to gender identity or transition.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film introduces new characters, but no character previously established as one gender is portrayed as a different gender. New, original characters do not count as gender swaps.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film features established animated characters Wallace and Gromit, along with new characters Wendolene and Preston. All characters are consistently portrayed as they were originally conceived or introduced, with no changes to their established or implied racial depictions.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.1
7.6
Critic Ratings
10.0
N/A
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