6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Crime, Thriller, Drama • 1994 • 119 min • Adults (18+)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Overview
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Starring Cast
O-Lan Jones • Woody Harrelson • Juliette Lewis
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Starring Cast
O-Lan Jones • Woody Harrelson • Juliette Lewis
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium
The film's central critique targets the systemic exploitation of violence by corporate media and the dehumanizing aspects of the carceral state, aligning with common left-leaning analyses of societal problems, despite its nihilistic and non-prescriptive tone.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium
The film features a predominantly white main cast without intentional race or gender swaps of traditional roles. Its narrative critiques media sensationalism and violence, but this critique is not specifically directed at traditional identities, instead focusing on broader societal issues.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Negative
Confidence: Medium
Natural Born Killers includes a gay inmate, W.K.L., whose portrayal is overwhelmingly negative. He is depicted solely as a victim of sexual assault and murder within the prison, serving to illustrate the system's brutality. This depiction aligns with problematic stereotypes, presenting queer identity as a source of extreme misery and violence without any affirming or nuanced counterbalance.
Christianity: Negative
Confidence: High
The film extensively uses Christian imagery and rhetoric, but almost exclusively to highlight the hypocrisy, delusion, and violence of its characters and the sensationalist media. It portrays religious language as a tool for manipulation and self-justification rather than a source of genuine morality or redemption. The narrative offers no significant counterbalancing positive portrayal.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Natural Born Killers does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The film's focus is on its central protagonists, their violent crime spree, and the media's sensationalization of it, without engaging with transgender identities or experiences.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
Natural Born Killers is an original film not based on prior source material, historical figures, or an existing franchise. All characters were created for this specific film, thus there are no instances of a character's gender being changed from a previously established canon or historical record.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
Natural Born Killers is an original screenplay, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. Therefore, no characters had a canonically or historically established race prior to this film's production, meaning no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
7.1
Critic Ratings
5.2
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