6.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Lulu Is a Rhinoceros (2025)
Lulu Is a Rhinoceros (2025)
Overview
On a quest to spread kindness, fun-loving Lulu embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, powered by new friends, courage, and catchy songs!
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.2
Overview
On a quest to spread kindness, fun-loving Lulu embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, powered by new friends, courage, and catchy songs!
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film explicitly promotes progressive ideology through its central allegory of identity, emphasizing individual self-identification, autonomy, and radical empathy over external categorization and conformity, with a clear LGBTQ+ subtext and no counter-perspectives.
The movie incorporates intentional LGBTQ+ representation within its cast and centers its narrative on powerful themes of identity, self-acceptance, and the celebration of difference. It critiques societal pressures to conform and the invalidation of non-traditional identities, promoting empathy and understanding.
Secondary
Lulu Is a Rhinoceros metaphorically portrays LGBTQ+ themes through Lulu's journey of self-acceptance as a rhinoceros. The film affirms the worth of self-identity, depicting challenges from external pressures while emphasizing resilience, self-love, and courage. It promotes kindness, empathy, and community support, offering an uplifting narrative about embracing one's true self.
Lulu Is a Rhinoceros uses an animal metaphor to affirm transgender identity and self-acceptance. It explores the disconnect between internal and external identity, emphasizing self-definition and authenticity. The film promotes kindness, diversity, and acceptance, framing these as universal values without portraying transgender identity as problematic.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film does not feature a gender swap. The main character, Lulu, remains female, consistent with the source material, despite a change in species identity. Other characters' genders also align with their canonical portrayals.
The film features anthropomorphic animal characters, who do not possess a human race to be canonically established or swapped. The casting of diverse voice actors for these animal roles does not constitute a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.9
7.5
Critic Ratings
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