Drama  •  2024  •  113 min

Inshallah a Boy (2024)

Inshallah a Boy poster

Inshallah a Boy (2024)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Islam: Negative

Viewer Rating
8.2

Overview

After the sudden death of her husband, working mother Nawal has to fight for her inheritance in order to save her daughter and home in a society where having a son would be a game changer.


Starring Cast

Mouna Hawa  •   Haitham Alomari  •   Yumna Marwan


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium

A woman navigates a patriarchal society to secure her inheritance and daughter's custody, revealing the profound challenges women face under discriminatory laws and traditional norms. The narrative champions individual resilience in the face of systemic social injustice.

Diversity: High
Confidence: High

The film features a cast that reflects its regional setting. Its narrative critically examines traditional patriarchal structures, focusing on a woman's struggle for her rights and her daughter's future within a male-dominated society.

Secondary

Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Confidence: High

The narrative critiques patriarchal inheritance laws and traditional gender roles that disadvantage women, focusing on a single mother's fight for autonomy and her daughter's future.

Islam: Negative
Confidence: High

The film portrays the application of Islamic inheritance laws within a patriarchal society as oppressive and unjust, particularly for women. The narrative highlights the systemic challenges faced by individuals navigating these specific legal and social structures.

LGBTQ: N/R

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film 'Inshallah a Boy, 2024' does not include transsexual characters or themes. The story focuses on other aspects, with no elements depicting or exploring transsexual identities or experiences. The overall portrayal is not applicable as these themes are absent from the film's content.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

Inshallah a Boy features original characters created specifically for this film. There are no indications of characters being adapted from prior source material, historical figures, or previous installments where their gender was established differently. Consequently, no instances of gender swapping are present.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an original production, not an adaptation of existing source material or a portrayal of historical figures. Its characters do not have pre-established racial identities that could be changed.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.2

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.2
The Movie Database logo
7.2

Critic Ratings

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10.0
Metacritic logo
8.3

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