7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Comedy, Thriller • 2026 • 100 min
Bad Apples (2026)
Bad Apples (2026)
Overview
Bad Apples centers on a primary school teacher who must confront chaotic conditions as she battles a violent student and her community's refusal to acknowledge the deeper problem. Leans Traditional because the narrative critiques modern education policy and satirizes the costs of maintaining superficial harmony at the expense of justice. While the film challenges institutional failures, it avoids overtly progressive themes in favor of a balanced, if sharp, take on social responsibility.
Starring Cast
Saoirse Ronan • Jacob Anderson • Robert Emms
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
Bad Apples centers on a primary school teacher who must confront chaotic conditions as she battles a violent student and her community's refusal to acknowledge the deeper problem. Leans Traditional because the narrative critiques modern education policy and satirizes the costs of maintaining superficial harmony at the expense of justice. While the film challenges institutional failures, it avoids overtly progressive themes in favor of a balanced, if sharp, take on social responsibility.
Starring Cast
Saoirse Ronan • Jacob Anderson • Robert Emms
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Leans Right
Confidence: Medium
Bad Apples delivers a dark comedy satire that indicts Britain's state education system for its inability to manage disruptive students and mixed-ability classrooms, framing decades of policy shortcomings as the root of generational harm.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium
Bad Apples centers on a primary school teacher navigating disruption from a troubled student, highlighting shifting power dynamics and strains within the education system. Its diverse cast supports an unhinged satire that touches on community and institutional themes without anchoring the story in identity-based conflict.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium
Bad Apples depicts a single father raising his son alone while juggling an exhausting delivery job that leaves little room for parenting, with a teacher emerging as a key adult figure offering both discipline and care.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low
Bad Apples contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Reviews focus on the central story of teacher Maria, student Danny, and the school system's moral conflicts without any queer representation or related plot elements.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
Bad Apples contains no transgender characters or themes. Its narrative centers on school discipline, social conformity, parental hypocrisy, and moral compromise through the experiences of Maria, Danny, and Pauline.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Bad Apples presents an original story centered on characters including teacher Maria Spencer and student Danny, with no ties to prior source material or historical figures that would involve gender alterations.
Race Swap: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low
Not depicted.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
6.9
Critic Ratings
8.3
6.5
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