8.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Comedy, Drama • 2025 • 15 min
CALICO (2025)
CALICO (2025)
Overview
Calico is a 2025 short film that follows a teenage girl with vitiligo as she forms a quirky bond with a school goldfish and embarks on a journey of self-acceptance that veers into the surreal. The film's public bias label is Mixed, reflecting the tension between progressive themes of embracing uniqueness and the absence of overt political framing or family-centric narratives. The story leans on personal identity and school dynamics without veering into controversial territory or relying on established social narratives, making it a balanced but signal-focused cultural experience.
Starring Cast
N/A
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
8.6
Overview
Calico is a 2025 short film that follows a teenage girl with vitiligo as she forms a quirky bond with a school goldfish and embarks on a journey of self-acceptance that veers into the surreal. The film's public bias label is Mixed, reflecting the tension between progressive themes of embracing uniqueness and the absence of overt political framing or family-centric narratives. The story leans on personal identity and school dynamics without veering into controversial territory or relying on established social narratives, making it a balanced but signal-focused cultural experience.
Starring Cast
N/A
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High
Calico centers on a teenage girl with vitiligo who faces isolation and bullying at school before forming a bond with a talking goldfish that mirrors her own sense of difference. Through their shared journey of escape and courage, the story frames embracing visible uniqueness as the path to self-worth and belonging.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
Calico centers on a teenage girl with vitiligo who forms an unlikely bond with a talking goldfish and learns to embrace her differences through a journey of self-acceptance. The story draws from the director’s personal experience with the condition and highlights themes of identity and belonging without attacking conventional social frameworks.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Low
Calico centers its narrative on a teenage girl's school experiences, bullying, and personal growth through a friendship with a talking goldfish, without depicting family structures, household dynamics, or generational relationships.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low
Calico follows a teenage girl with vitiligo who forms an imaginative friendship with a talking goldfish. The story explores her experiences with bullying, isolation, and self-acceptance through themes of identity and marginalization, without any LGBTQ+ characters or storylines.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
Calico contains no transgender characters or themes. The short film follows a girl with vitiligo who forms an unlikely friendship with a talking goldfish and plans its escape from school.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Calico tells an original story about a teenage girl named Lorrie who befriends a talking goldfish at school, with no ties to prior source material or historical figures.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Calico is an original short film with newly created characters and no prior source material, historical record, or established canon specifying any character's race. No race swaps are present.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low
Not depicted.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.6
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