4.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
Overview
Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in a quest for wisdom.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Viewer Rating
4.2
Overview
Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in a quest for wisdom.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central focus on universal themes of individual self-actualization, spiritual growth, and transcending limitations positions it as apolitical, rather than promoting specific left or right ideologies.
The film 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' features an all-seagull cast, which renders the criteria for human racial or gender representation inapplicable. Its narrative explores themes of individualism versus conformity within a seagull society, but it does not engage with or critique human traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a philosophical allegory about a seagull's quest for perfection and freedom. The narrative is entirely focused on themes of individuality, learning, and spiritual growth. There are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present within the film's story or character arcs.
The film "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" is an allegorical story about a seagull's quest for self-perfection and spiritual enlightenment. It does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, nor does it touch upon gender identity in any capacity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film adapts Richard Bach's novella, where the seagull characters' genders are consistently maintained from the source material. No character established as one gender in the book is portrayed as a different gender in the film.
The film "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" features anthropomorphic seagull characters. As the characters are non-human animals, the concept of human race and thus a "race swap" does not apply to this film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.7
6.0
Critic Ratings
0.8
N/A
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