7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Comedy • 2024 • 139 min • Adults (18+)
La Cocina (2024)
La Cocina (2024)
Overview
In the sweltering back kitchen of a Times Square restaurant, undocumented cook Pedro is caught between mounting pressures at work and a complicated romance with waitress Julia. When money goes missing, suspicion spreads, igniting tensions that threaten to upend the fragile hopes of the staff.
Starring Cast
Raúl Briones • Rooney Mara • James Waterston
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
In the sweltering back kitchen of a Times Square restaurant, undocumented cook Pedro is caught between mounting pressures at work and a complicated romance with waitress Julia. When money goes missing, suspicion spreads, igniting tensions that threaten to upend the fragile hopes of the staff.
Starring Cast
Raúl Briones • Rooney Mara • James Waterston
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High
The film's dominant themes align with progressive values by focusing on the systemic exploitation and precarity faced by immigrant workers in the service industry, thereby critiquing economic inequality and labor conditions.
Diversity: High
Confidence: Medium
The movie 'La Cocina' features a visibly diverse cast that authentically reflects its setting in a New York City kitchen populated by undocumented workers. Its narrative strongly centers on and critiques the systemic issues and harsh realities faced by these marginalized individuals, making themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion central to its storytelling.
Secondary
LGBTQ: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Trans: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "La Cocina" is an original production without any specified source material, previous installments, or historical figures. Therefore, no characters had a pre-established gender that could be swapped.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
The film "La Cocina" is not identified as an adaptation of a pre-existing work with established characters or a biopic of historical figures. Its characters are considered original to this production, precluding the possibility of a race swap as defined.
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7.0
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