Crime, Drama, Romance  •  1990  •  94 min

Days of Being Wild (1990)

Days of Being Wild poster

Days of Being Wild (1990)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
8.3

Overview

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.


Starring Cast

Leslie Cheung  •   Maggie Cheung  •   Andy Lau


Where to watch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film's central subject matter, focusing on unrequited love, loneliness, and the search for identity, is primarily apolitical and universal, without an inherent ideological valence. It offers no explicit political critique or solution, concentrating instead on the internal emotional lives of its characters.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

The movie features a cast that accurately reflects its Hong Kong setting, with no explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on character relationships and emotional depth, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its story.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

Days of Being Wild explores themes of unrequited love and emotional detachment through its heterosexual characters in 1960s Hong Kong. The narrative does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, resulting in no specific portrayal.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "Days of Being Wild" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on themes of unrequited love, memory, and existential longing among its main characters in 1960s Hong Kong, without engaging with transgender identity.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

Days of Being Wild is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which characters' genders could have been altered.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

Days of Being Wild is an original film with no prior source material, historical figures, or previous installments establishing character races. Therefore, no character could have been portrayed as a different race than originally established.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.4
The Movie Database logo
7.3

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
9.1
Metacritic logo
9.3

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