Animation, Family, Adventure, Drama  •  2011  •  93 min  •  All Ages

Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild (2011)

Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild poster

Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild (2011)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Strongly Progressive

Viewer Rating
7.4

Overview

Based on a bestselling preteen novel of the same title that has sold more than 1 million copies in Korea, “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild” is about a laying hen named Leafie who is destined to live the “same old” repetitive life confined on the chicken farm. Her fate changes when she escapes from the chicken farm and hatches a duck egg. With the duckling (who believes Leafie to be his mother), sets off on a journey into the wild with her new son to find her freedom.


Starring Cast

Moon So-ri  •   Yoo Seung-ho  •   Choi Min-sik

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium

The film subtly champions themes of freedom from restrictive systems, embracing diversity through inter-species adoption, and a deep connection to the natural world, aligning with progressive values through its narrative of individual struggle and sacrifice for future generations.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

This animated film features animal characters, which renders human-centric diversity and representation metrics largely inapplicable. The narrative explores universal themes of acceptance of difference and unconventional family structures through an allegorical story, rather than explicitly critiquing or framing human traditional identities.

Secondary

Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Confidence: Low

The film strongly celebrates an alternative, single-parent, interspecies adoptive family, emphasizing chosen family bonds and maternal sacrifice over biological ties as the core of family life.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The animated film "Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story centers on a hen's journey to raise an adopted duckling, exploring themes of motherhood, prejudice, and finding one's place in the natural world.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The animated film "Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its central narrative revolves around a hen's journey to raise a duckling, exploring themes of motherhood, identity, and belonging across species boundaries. The story contains no elements related to gender identity or transition.

Female Combat: No
Confidence: High

The film features Leafie, a hen, as the main character. While she faces numerous challenges and predators, including the male One-eyed Weasel, her interactions are primarily defensive or involve evasion. There are no instances where Leafie or any other female character defeats a male opponent in direct physical combat through skill, strength, or martial arts.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The animated film is an adaptation of a novel. A review of the main characters indicates that their genders remain consistent with their portrayals in the original source material.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film features animal characters, which do not possess human racial characteristics. The concept of a 'race swap' as defined, pertaining to human racial categories, is not applicable to this animated feature.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High

Not depicted in the film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.4

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.0
The Movie Database logo
7.8

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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