2.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Meet the Spartans (2008)
Meet the Spartans (2008)
Overview
The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of thirteen Spartans to defend their homeland against the invading Persians (whose ranks include Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Transformers, and a hunchbacked Paris Hilton). No one is safe when the Spartans take on the biggest icons in pop culture!
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Viewer Rating
2.0
Overview
The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of thirteen Spartans to defend their homeland against the invading Persians (whose ranks include Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Transformers, and a hunchbacked Paris Hilton). No one is safe when the Spartans take on the biggest icons in pop culture!
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film is a broad parody of pop culture and other movies, primarily aiming for low-brow humor rather than engaging with or promoting any specific political ideology, making its core subject matter apolitical.
The movie features a visibly diverse cast, primarily as a result of parodying a wide range of pop culture figures. However, it does not explicitly recast traditionally white roles with minority actors for DEI purposes. The narrative is a broad comedy that does not critically portray traditional identities or make DEI themes central to its storytelling.
Secondary
Meet the Spartans employs broad, often offensive humor that relies heavily on harmful LGBTQ+ stereotypes for comedic effect. Characters coded as queer are primarily sources of ridicule, contributing to a net negative portrayal that lacks dignity or affirmation.
Meet the Spartans features trans-coded characters and gender non-conforming portrayals primarily as sources of crude humor and mockery. The film consistently uses these depictions to generate laughs through ridicule and stereotypes, resulting in a net negative portrayal that lacks dignity or complexity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film parodies characters and historical figures from its source material and pop culture, but consistently maintains their established genders. No character originally established as one gender is portrayed as a different gender.
This parody film primarily spoofs '300,' where the main characters' races were consistent with their historical or source material depictions. 'Meet the Spartans' maintains these racial portrayals for its lead characters, and any stylistic changes for comedic effect do not constitute a race swap as defined.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
2.8
4.1
Critic Ratings
0.2
0.9
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