3.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
How to Make the Cruelest Month (1998)
How to Make the Cruelest Month (1998)
Overview
Bright and neurotic girl Bell sets two goals for New Year - to quit smoking and to fall in love. As the first task turns out to be too difficult, she puts all her energy into the second.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Viewer Rating
3.8
Overview
Bright and neurotic girl Bell sets two goals for New Year - to quit smoking and to fall in love. As the first task turns out to be too difficult, she puts all her energy into the second.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film explores universal themes of existential angst and personal disillusionment, focusing on individual character struggles without explicitly promoting or critiquing any specific political ideology or offering a partisan solution.
The movie features some visible diversity in its cast without explicit race or gender swaps of traditional roles. Its narrative primarily focuses on individual experiences and relationships, without explicitly critiquing or negatively framing traditional identities.
Secondary
The film "How to Make the Cruelest Month" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on the heterosexual relationships and personal struggles of its protagonist, Bell Bryant, within a small-town setting.
The film "How to Make the Cruelest Month" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a young woman's experiences and relationships, with no depiction of transgender identity or related issues.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film is an original production from 1998 and is not an adaptation of existing source material, a biopic, or a reboot. Therefore, its characters do not have pre-established canonical or historical genders that could be swapped.
This film is an original story with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installments from which character races were established. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
1.0
Critic Ratings
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