6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Overview
After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are attacked by pirates. The gang escapes into the town where they hire out a boat and crew to find the hidden treasure, which was revealed by Bones before he died. On their voyage across the seas, they soon find out that not everyone on board can be trusted.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.8
Overview
After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are attacked by pirates. The gang escapes into the town where they hire out a boat and crew to find the hidden treasure, which was revealed by Bones before he died. On their voyage across the seas, they soon find out that not everyone on board can be trusted.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central subject matter of adventure, piracy, and overcoming greed is largely apolitical, focusing on universal themes of good triumphing over evil through courage and friendship rather than promoting a specific political ideology.
This adaptation of 'Treasure Island' features traditional casting for its human roles, with no explicit race or gender swaps of established characters. The narrative focuses on adventure and does not present any critical portrayal of traditional identities or explicitly centralize DEI themes.
Secondary
Muppet Treasure Island, a family-friendly adventure film, does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the classic Treasure Island story with Muppet humor, without incorporating elements related to queer identity.
Muppet Treasure Island, a 1996 family musical, does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a classic pirate adventure with the Muppets, and no plot points or character arcs relate to transsexual identity, resulting in no depiction.
The film features female characters such as Mrs. Bluveridge and Benjamina Gunn. While Benjamina Gunn uses a cannon against male pirates, there are no instances of female characters defeating male opponents in direct, close-quarters physical combat through skill, strength, or martial arts.
The film adapts Robert Louis Stevenson's novel 'Treasure Island.' All major characters from the source material retain their original gender in the Muppet adaptation. New characters introduced are not gender-swapped versions of existing ones.
The film adapts a classic novel using a mix of human actors and Muppets. All human characters whose race was established in the source material are portrayed by actors of the same race. Muppet characters, being non-human, do not fall under the definition of a 'race swap.'
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
6.7
Critic Ratings
7.1
6.4
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