6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Action, Adventure, Animation, Horror • 2010 • 88 min • Adults (18+)
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)
Overview
This R-rated animated feature adapts the EA video game adaptation of Dante Alighieri's medieval poem, following a crusader warrior through Hell's nine circles to reclaim his beloved Beatrice. The Traditional label follows naturally from the source material's bones. The moral architecture is explicitly Catholic: sin earns punishment, repentance matters, and divine justice orders the universe. Dante's guilt over abandoning his family drives the emotional core, framing fidelity and commitment as sacred obligations. The film depicts figures in the circle of Sodomites enduring eternal torment with no affirming counterpoint, consistent with the original poem's theology. Non-Christian figures appear mainly as damned souls. Every structural value points the same direction.
Starring Cast
Graham McTavish • Vanessa Branch • Steve Blum
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Christianity: Positive
Islam: Negative
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
This R-rated animated feature adapts the EA video game adaptation of Dante Alighieri's medieval poem, following a crusader warrior through Hell's nine circles to reclaim his beloved Beatrice. The Traditional label follows naturally from the source material's bones. The moral architecture is explicitly Catholic: sin earns punishment, repentance matters, and divine justice orders the universe. Dante's guilt over abandoning his family drives the emotional core, framing fidelity and commitment as sacred obligations. The film depicts figures in the circle of Sodomites enduring eternal torment with no affirming counterpoint, consistent with the original poem's theology. Non-Christian figures appear mainly as damned souls. Every structural value points the same direction.
Starring Cast
Graham McTavish • Vanessa Branch • Steve Blum
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
Political: Leans Right
Confidence: High
The film's narrative champions individual moral responsibility and the necessity of personal repentance within a framework of divine justice and traditional moral order, aligning with conservative values.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie adheres to traditional character representations and narrative framing, consistent with its source material. It does not feature explicit DEI-driven casting or a narrative that critiques traditional identities.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Negative
Confidence: High
The film portrays characters in the seventh circle of Hell, identified as 'Sodomites,' enduring eternal fiery punishment for 'sins against nature.' This includes figures like Brunetto Latini. The narrative presents these acts as divinely condemned, focusing on their suffering without any affirming counter-narrative or positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ identities or relationships.
Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Confidence: High
The film strongly endorses traditional family values by portraying Dante's abandonment of his wife and child as a grave sin for which he suffers immense guilt and torment, while his quest is driven by an idealized, singular devotion to Beatrice, emphasizing fidelity and commitment.
Christianity: Positive
Confidence: High
The film's entire moral and cosmological structure is built upon and affirms a medieval Christian worldview, depicting the consequences of sin and the path to redemption within that theological framework.
Islam: Negative
Confidence: High
The film, by adapting Dante's original work, depicts the prophet Muhammad and Ali in Hell as Sowers of Discord, adopting a highly problematic and negative theological judgment against Islam's foundational figures.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The animated film "Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic" does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or engage with transsexual themes. The narrative focuses on Dante's journey through the nine circles of Hell, depicting various sins and their punishments as per the original epic poem, without incorporating LGBTQ+ specific portrayals.
Female Combat: No
Confidence: High
The film features female characters such as Beatrice, who is a non-combatant, and various mythological figures like the Furies and Medusa. These female characters serve as antagonists who engage in combat with the male protagonist, Dante, but they are ultimately defeated by him. No female character is depicted as victorious in direct physical combat against one or more male opponents.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The animated film adapts Dante Alighieri's epic poem, with its core characters retaining their established genders. Dante remains male, his guide Virgil remains male, and his beloved Beatrice remains female. No named character from the source material is portrayed with a different gender.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The animated film adapts the classic poem, portraying its historical and mythological characters, such as Dante and Virgil, consistent with their established racial depictions from the source material and historical record.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
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