7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Crime, Drama • 2020 • 100 min • Adults (18+)
Calm with Horses (2020)
Calm with Horses (2020)
Overview
Calm with Horses is a 2020 crime drama set in rural Ireland, following ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong as he navigates violent underworld loyalty and fatherhood to his autistic son. Its ‘Leans Traditional’ label reflects a focus on conventional rural Irish settings and character portrayals, without overt diversity-driven casting or progressive storytelling. However, the narrative subtly challenges rigid family structures by tracing Arm’s shift from enforced brutality toward protecting his child. The film’s lack of LGBTQ+ themes, minimal political critique, and non-action focus anchor this label.
Starring Cast
Cosmo Jarvis • Barry Keoghan • Liam Carney
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.3
Overview
Calm with Horses is a 2020 crime drama set in rural Ireland, following ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong as he navigates violent underworld loyalty and fatherhood to his autistic son. Its ‘Leans Traditional’ label reflects a focus on conventional rural Irish settings and character portrayals, without overt diversity-driven casting or progressive storytelling. However, the narrative subtly challenges rigid family structures by tracing Arm’s shift from enforced brutality toward protecting his child. The film’s lack of LGBTQ+ themes, minimal political critique, and non-action focus anchor this label.
Starring Cast
Cosmo Jarvis • Barry Keoghan • Liam Carney
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Medium
The film primarily explores the personal moral struggles of an enforcer caught between loyalty to a crime family and protecting his own family, focusing on individual choices and the cycle of violence rather than promoting a specific political ideology.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features traditional casting for its rural Irish setting, without apparent intentional diversity-driven casting choices. Its narrative focuses on personal struggles within a criminal underworld, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: High
The film critiques a highly patriarchal and violent crime family, portraying its traditional structures and absolute authority as destructive. The protagonist's journey involves breaking away from this toxic 'family' to protect his son, implicitly favoring a non-traditional, fragmented family unit as a path to safety and redemption.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
Calm with Horses does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on an ex-boxer working for a crime family, exploring themes of loyalty, family, and violence within a heterosexual context.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'Calm with Horses' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore themes related to transsexual identity. The narrative focuses on an ex-boxer working as an enforcer for a crime family in rural Ireland, dealing with loyalty, violence, and his family responsibilities, without incorporating any transgender-specific elements.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an adaptation of a short story. All main characters retain their original gender as established in the source material. No historical figures or legacy characters from prior adaptations are present with altered genders.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an adaptation of a short story set in rural Ireland. The characters in the source material are implicitly white Irish, consistent with the setting. The film's cast portrays these characters as white, aligning with the source material's implied racial depictions.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
6.3
Critic Ratings
9.4
6.7
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