Freaky (2020)

Freaky poster

Freaky (2020)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive

Viewer Rating
7.0

Overview

A mystical, ancient dagger causes a notorious serial killer to magically switch bodies with a 17-year-old girl.


Starring Cast


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film leans left due to its dominant themes of gender identity exploration through a body swap, which empowers the protagonist, and its positive portrayal of a diverse and supportive friend group, subtly aligning with progressive values of identity and social inclusion.

The movie includes visible diversity in its supporting cast, featuring a Black female character and an openly gay male character, without explicitly recasting traditionally white roles. The narrative incorporates themes of female empowerment and diverse characters but does not center on an explicit critique of traditional identities.

Secondary

The film features Josh, a significant gay supporting character, who is portrayed positively as a loyal and brave friend. His sexuality is presented naturally without being a source of mockery or stereotype, contributing to an overall affirming depiction of an LGBTQ+ individual.

Freaky does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. While a cisgender girl temporarily inhabits a male body due to a magical swap, the narrative focuses on reversing this predicament rather than exploring gender identity or transsexuality.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Freaky is an original film with no pre-existing characters from source material, previous installments, or real-world history. The plot involves a body swap between a male and female character, which is an in-story gender disguise and not a change to a character's canonical gender as defined.

Freaky is an original horror-comedy film with characters created specifically for this movie. There is no prior source material, historical basis, or previous installments from which characters' races could have been established and subsequently changed.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.0

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.3
The Movie Database logo
6.6

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
8.4
Metacritic logo
6.7

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