7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Bound (1996)
Bound (1996)
Overview
Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.4
Overview
Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's dominant themes align with progressive values by centering a lesbian romance and depicting two women successfully subverting patriarchal power structures within a criminal underworld to achieve their liberation.
The movie features a central lesbian relationship between its two strong female protagonists, which was a significant departure from traditional representation in the crime thriller genre at the time. The narrative further emphasizes this by portraying traditional male figures as antagonists who are ultimately outsmarted and overcome by the women.
Secondary
Bound features a central lesbian romance between Corky and Violet, depicted with passion, complexity, and agency. Their relationship is the driving force of the narrative, portrayed as a source of strength and motivation. The film affirms their love and identity, culminating in a successful escape from the criminal underworld, presenting a net positive portrayal.
Bound (1996) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The story centers on a relationship between two cisgender women and a crime plot, with no elements related to transsexual identity or experiences present in the film's plot or character arcs.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Bound (1996) is an original film with characters created specifically for its screenplay. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which character genders could have been established and subsequently swapped.
Bound (1996) is an original film with characters created specifically for its screenplay. There is no prior source material, historical figures, or established canon from which characters could have been race-swapped.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
7.2
Critic Ratings
8.7
6.4
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