8.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Romance • 1992 • 142 min • Older Kids (7+)
Howards End (1992)
Howards End (1992)
Overview
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
Starring Cast
Anthony Hopkins • Emma Thompson • Vanessa Redgrave
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
8.1
Overview
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
Starring Cast
Anthony Hopkins • Emma Thompson • Vanessa Redgrave
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High
The film leans left by critically examining rigid class structures and the dehumanizing effects of materialism in early 20th-century England, advocating for empathy and connection as a solution to social divides.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The film features traditional casting consistent with its early 20th-century English setting, without intentional race or gender swaps. Its narrative focuses on social commentary regarding class and societal norms of the era, rather than explicitly critiquing traditional identities through a DEI lens.
Secondary
Christianity: Negative
Confidence: Medium
The film subtly critiques the hypocrisy and moral failings of the Edwardian upper-middle class, whose societal values are implicitly rooted in established Christianity. Adherents like the Wilcoxes are portrayed as lacking genuine compassion and charity, using their social standing and nominal faith to justify rigid class distinctions and personal moral compromises, without significant counterbalancing positive portrayals of the faith's practice.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
Howards End, 1992, does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on class, social conventions, and heterosexual relationships in early 20th-century England, resulting in no direct portrayal of queer identity within the film's storyline.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Howards End, a period drama, does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The story primarily explores themes of class, social conventions, and personal relationships in early 20th century England, without touching upon transgender identities.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The 1992 film "Howards End" is a faithful adaptation of E.M. Forster's 1910 novel. All major characters retain their original genders as established in the source material, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The 1992 film 'Howards End' is an adaptation of E.M. Forster's 1910 novel, set in Edwardian England. All major characters, who were established as white in the source material, are portrayed by white actors in the film. There are no instances of a character's race being changed from the original canon.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
7.0
Critic Ratings
9.4
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