6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Romance • 1991 • 109 min • Adults (18+)
Close My Eyes (1991)
Close My Eyes (1991)
Overview
Close My Eyes is a 1991 British drama about a brother and sister who begin a sexual relationship after she marries someone else. The central premise breaks just about every conventional boundary around family, fidelity, and sexual norms. That is the progressive pull. The traditional pull comes from how the film frames these choices: the relationship is depicted as obsessive and destructive, not liberating. Director Stephen Poliakoff treats the taboo as a source of damage rather than transgression worth celebrating. The film's social world otherwise reads as mainstream and conventional. Those competing signals, transgressive subject matter handled through a lens of consequence and ruin, produce a Leans Traditional label.
Starring Cast
Alan Rickman • Clive Owen • Saskia Reeves
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
Close My Eyes is a 1991 British drama about a brother and sister who begin a sexual relationship after she marries someone else. The central premise breaks just about every conventional boundary around family, fidelity, and sexual norms. That is the progressive pull. The traditional pull comes from how the film frames these choices: the relationship is depicted as obsessive and destructive, not liberating. Director Stephen Poliakoff treats the taboo as a source of damage rather than transgression worth celebrating. The film's social world otherwise reads as mainstream and conventional. Those competing signals, transgressive subject matter handled through a lens of consequence and ruin, produce a Leans Traditional label.
Starring Cast
Alan Rickman • Clive Owen • Saskia Reeves
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film explores the destructive psychological and social ramifications of an incestuous relationship between siblings. It focuses on the personal tragedy and societal taboos surrounding such a bond, rather than promoting a specific political ideology or offering a political solution.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium
The film features a cast primarily composed of traditional mainstream actors. Its narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, without explicit critique.
Secondary
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Confidence: High
The film's narrative explores an incestuous relationship between a brother and sister, directly challenging traditional family structures and sexual norms. This central theme depicts the profound breakdown of conventional marital fidelity and established familial boundaries.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium
The film 'Close My Eyes' does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story focuses on other relationship dynamics and personal struggles, without exploring queer identities or experiences.
Trans: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
Close My Eyes is an original film. All characters were created specifically for this production, establishing their genders within the film's narrative. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical character genders to be altered.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Close My Eyes" features original characters created for its screenplay. There are no prior established canonical or historical racial identities for these characters to be altered, thus no race swap occurs.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
5.8
Critic Ratings
8.0
N/A
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