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Hard Time: The David Milgaard Story (1999)

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Hard Time: The David Milgaard Story (1999)

Overview

It's 1969 and 17-year-old David Milgaard's car has stalled near an alley where a woman is stabbed and murdered. Now he's the main suspect and soon faces a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit.


Starring Cast


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low

Viewer Rating
5.6

Overview

It's 1969 and 17-year-old David Milgaard's car has stalled near an alley where a woman is stabbed and murdered. Now he's the main suspect and soon faces a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film's left-leaning rating stems from its central critique of systemic failures within the justice system and its portrayal of an individual's decades-long fight for civil liberties against institutional inertia.

The film, a biographical drama based on a true story, features traditional casting that aligns with the real-life individuals depicted. Its narrative primarily focuses on the systemic failures of the justice system and a wrongful conviction, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its core message.

Secondary

The film 'Hard Time: The David Milgaard Story' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is solely dedicated to the true story of David Milgaard's wrongful conviction and the subsequent fight for justice, rendering the LGBTQ+ portrayal as N/A.

This film, a true crime drama detailing David Milgaard's wrongful conviction and the subsequent fight for justice, does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative is entirely dedicated to the legal and personal struggles surrounding the central crime and exoneration efforts.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

This film is a biographical drama based on the real-life story of David Milgaard and the individuals involved in his case. There is no indication or historical record of any major or historically documented character having their gender changed from their real-world counterpart for the film's portrayal.

This film is a biopic based on the real-life story of David Milgaard, a white Canadian man. The main historical figures and other characters are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with the documented race of the real individuals, with no instances of a character being depicted as a different race than their historical or canonical establishment.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.3
The Movie Database logo
5.0

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
N/A
Metacritic logo
N/A

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