5.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Maria's Lovers (1984)
Maria's Lovers (1984)
Overview
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
5.6
Overview
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict is primarily psychological and interpersonal, exploring the complexities of human relationships, trauma, and individual desire without explicitly promoting or critiquing any specific political ideology.
The film features a traditional cast reflecting its post-WWII American setting, with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative explores personal drama and psychological themes without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
The film portrays Orthodox Christianity as a deeply ingrained cultural and spiritual foundation for the Ukrainian immigrant community, depicting its traditions and rituals with authenticity and respect. While it explores the challenges individuals face within its moral framework, particularly regarding sexual purity, the narrative offers a nuanced view rather than condemning the faith itself. The film treats the religious practices and community with a degree of respect for their cultural significance.
Maria's Lovers does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative is entirely focused on heterosexual relationships and the psychological impact of war on its protagonists, resulting in no depiction relevant to LGBTQ+ portrayal.
The film "Maria's Lovers" (1984) is a romantic drama centered on a soldier's return from war and his complex relationship with the woman he loves. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the narrative, cast, or plot, resulting in a determination of N/A for its portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Maria's Lovers is an original film from 1984, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a depiction of historical figures. Therefore, its characters do not have a prior canonical or historical gender to be swapped from.
The film adapts a Russian short story, transplanting its characters and themes to a post-WWII American setting with Slavic-American characters. This constitutes a shift in ethnicity and nationality, but not a change in the broader racial category, as both original and adapted characters are portrayed as white. Therefore, no race swap occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.0
Critic Ratings
4.3
N/A
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