Drama, Music, Romance  •  2021  •  112 min  •  Teen (13+)

CODA (2021)

CODA poster

CODA (2021)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Center
Diversity: High

Viewer Rating
8.1

Overview

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.


Starring Cast

Emilia Jones  •   Marlee Matlin  •   Troy Kotsur


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film focuses on universal themes of family bonds, individual dreams, and communication, rather than explicitly promoting a specific political ideology. While it features a marginalized group, its narrative solution is personal and relational, not political, balancing various perspectives.

Diversity: High
Confidence: High

The movie 'CODA' demonstrates a significant presence of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through its authentic casting of deaf actors in central roles. The narrative deeply explores the experiences and challenges of a deaf family within a predominantly hearing society, making disability inclusion a core and explicit theme of the film.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

CODA focuses on the unique challenges and dynamics of a hearing child in a deaf family and her pursuit of a singing career. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, therefore, there is no portrayal to evaluate.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "CODA" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative is entirely focused on a hearing child of deaf adults and her family's dynamics and challenges. Therefore, the film's portrayal of transsexual characters and themes is N/A, as there is no depiction to evaluate.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

CODA (2021) is an adaptation of the French film La Famille Bélier (2014). All major characters in CODA maintain the same gender as their counterparts in the original source material.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

CODA is an adaptation of the French film "La Famille Bélier." The main characters in both the original and the adaptation are consistently portrayed as white, with no change in racial depiction for any established character.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
8.0
The Movie Database logo
7.9

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
9.4
Metacritic logo
7.2

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