Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

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Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes

Viewer Rating
6.6

Overview

As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.


Starring Cast


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film focuses on universal themes of friendship, self-discovery, and teamwork within an adventure-comedy framework, without engaging with specific political ideologies or societal critiques, leading to a neutral rating.

The movie features a visibly diverse ensemble cast, with its core premise involving characters inhabiting avatars of different races and genders, which contributes to its diverse representation. However, the narrative does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on strong DEI themes, maintaining a neutral or positive framing of such identities within its adventure-comedy context.

Secondary

The film features Ruby Roundhouse, a female avatar with exceptional martial arts and combat skills, who repeatedly engages in and wins close-quarters physical fights against multiple male opponents within the game world.

Jumanji: The Next Level does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. While body-swapping leads to temporary gender changes for some characters, this is presented purely as a magical game mechanic for comedic and adventurous purposes, without exploring gender identity or sexual orientation in an LGBTQ+ context.

Jumanji: The Next Level does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. While the plot involves characters inhabiting different avatars, sometimes across gender lines, this is presented as a temporary game mechanic for comedic effect rather than an exploration of gender identity or transsexual experiences.

The film's premise involves real-world characters inhabiting game avatars, sometimes of a different gender. However, the avatars themselves maintain their established canonical genders throughout the film. This falls under the exclusion for in-story gender disguise, not a change to a character's established gender.

The film's premise involves real-world characters inhabiting established video game avatars. These avatars maintain their race as depicted in the previous installment, regardless of the player's race. New avatars introduced are original to this film. Therefore, no character established in prior canon changes race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.6
The Movie Database logo
6.9

Critic Ratings

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7.2
Metacritic logo
5.8

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