7.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Romance • 2005 • 115 min
Nine Lives (2005)
Nine Lives (2005)
Overview
Nine Lives is a 2005 drama that follows nine women navigating the complexities of life through fractured relationships and personal struggles. The film Leans Progressive due to its honest, often unflattering look at traditional family roles and its inclusion of a respectful, affirming portrayal of a lesbian couple. While focused on emotional realism and character depth, the film avoids political grandstanding, instead leaning on personal narratives to reflect the messy realities of women's lives. Its empathetic lens adds to the progressive tilt, especially in how it presents alternative family structures and challenges expectations about happiness and fulfillment.
Starring Cast
Kathy Baker • Amy Brenneman • Glenn Close
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.1
Overview
Nine Lives is a 2005 drama that follows nine women navigating the complexities of life through fractured relationships and personal struggles. The film Leans Progressive due to its honest, often unflattering look at traditional family roles and its inclusion of a respectful, affirming portrayal of a lesbian couple. While focused on emotional realism and character depth, the film avoids political grandstanding, instead leaning on personal narratives to reflect the messy realities of women's lives. Its empathetic lens adds to the progressive tilt, especially in how it presents alternative family structures and challenges expectations about happiness and fulfillment.
Starring Cast
Kathy Baker • Amy Brenneman • Glenn Close
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film explores universal personal and relational struggles through the experiences of various women, focusing on individual choices and emotional consequences rather than advocating for specific political ideologies or systemic solutions.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The movie features an ensemble cast with visible racial diversity, presenting various women's stories without explicitly recasting traditional roles. Its narrative focuses on personal and emotional struggles, rather than offering a critique of traditional identities or centering on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Positive
Confidence: High
The film includes a segment featuring a lesbian couple whose relationship is portrayed with dignity and empathy. The characters' queer identity is not a source of conflict or judgment within the narrative; instead, their bond is depicted as a loving and supportive connection amidst external challenges. The portrayal is respectful and validating.
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: High
The film consistently portrays the complexities, dissatisfactions, and breakdowns within traditional family structures and relationships, including infidelity, marital unhappiness, and strained parent-child dynamics, without endorsing traditional norms.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "Nine Lives" does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes. The narrative focuses exclusively on the experiences of cisgender women across nine distinct vignettes, exploring various aspects of their lives, relationships, and emotional struggles without incorporating transgender identities or issues.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Nine Lives" features an original screenplay with characters created specifically for the movie. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior adaptations from which character genders could have been established and subsequently changed.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Nine Lives" is an original screenplay featuring characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or established canon from which characters' races could have been changed.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.1
Critic Ratings
7.6
8.0
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