7.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Born Free (1966)
Born Free (1966)
Overview
At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
7.6
Overview
At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central narrative champions environmentalism and the ethical imperative to return wild animals to their natural habitat, aligning with progressive conservation values. While individual responsibility is shown, it serves this broader left-leaning theme.
The film features traditional casting with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of roles. Its narrative primarily focuses on themes of nature and human-animal bonding, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering on DEI themes.
Secondary
Born Free (1966) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's plot centers on the real-life story of Joy and George Adamson, a heterosexual couple, and their efforts to raise an orphaned lion cub named Elsa and return her to the wild.
Born Free, 1966, does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story centers on a couple raising an orphaned lion cub to adulthood and preparing her for release into the wild, without any elements pertaining to transsexual identity or experiences.
Born Free is a biographical drama focused on the relationship between a couple and an orphaned lioness. The film does not feature any scenes where a female character engages in or wins close-quarters physical combat against one or more male opponents.
The film 'Born Free' is based on the true story of Joy and George Adamson. The main characters, Joy Adamson and George Adamson, are portrayed by actors of the same gender as their historical counterparts, with Virginia McKenna as Joy and Bill Travers as George. There is no evidence of any significant character undergoing a gender swap from the source material.
The film "Born Free" is based on the true story of Joy and George Adamson, who were white conservationists. The actors portraying these historical figures, Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, are also white. No race swaps are identified.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
6.8
Critic Ratings
8.8
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