6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Crime, Drama • 2023 • 123 min
Hopeless (2023)
Hopeless (2023)
Overview
Yeon-gyu is a teenage boy who wants to escape his hometown where violence is commonly enacted among neighbors. He only hopes to have a peaceful life with his mother. However, the world never allows him to have a dream nor hope for life. When Yeon-gyu needs a hand from grown-ups, Chi-geon, a thug of the town, offers a favor. The simple favor leads Yeon-gyu to explore the world of Chi-geon. It ironically results Yeon-gyu gradually falling into Chi-geon's life. Grasping hope to run away from where he is, he struggles between the border. Can he escape from the town at the end?
Starring Cast
Hong Xa-bin • Song Joong-ki • Bibi
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
Yeon-gyu is a teenage boy who wants to escape his hometown where violence is commonly enacted among neighbors. He only hopes to have a peaceful life with his mother. However, the world never allows him to have a dream nor hope for life. When Yeon-gyu needs a hand from grown-ups, Chi-geon, a thug of the town, offers a favor. The simple favor leads Yeon-gyu to explore the world of Chi-geon. It ironically results Yeon-gyu gradually falling into Chi-geon's life. Grasping hope to run away from where he is, he struggles between the border. Can he escape from the town at the end?
Starring Cast
Hong Xa-bin • Song Joong-ki • Bibi
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Medium
The film explores the harsh realities of individuals caught in a cycle of violence and desperation within a criminal underworld. It focuses on the human struggle for survival and moral ambiguity rather than promoting a specific political ideology or solution.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Low
The film features a diverse cast without explicit recasting of traditionally white roles. Its narrative does not critique traditional identities.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium
The film depicts a deeply dysfunctional and abusive family unit, where the protagonist's primary motivation is to escape and protect his younger sister from a violent stepfather. This narrative highlights the severe breakdown of parental authority and the family as a source of trauma, implicitly questioning idealized traditional family norms.
LGBTQ: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Trans: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an original production, not an adaptation, reboot, or biopic. There are no characters with a previously established gender from source material, historical records, or prior installments who are portrayed as a different gender in this film.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
Hopeless, 2023 is an original South Korean film. There is no indication of source material or pre-existing characters whose race was altered for this production.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.0
5.8
Critic Ratings
8.3
N/A
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