7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Once Upon My Mother (2025)
Once Upon My Mother (2025)
Overview
In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland is born with a club foot that prevents him from standing. Against everyone's advice, she promises her son that he will walk like the others and that he will have a fabulous life. From then on, Esther will do everything in her power to keep this promise. Through decades of trials and miracles of life, this film is the story of a true, funny and moving story, that of an incredible destiny and the greatest love there is: that of a mother for her child.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Center
Diversity: High
Trans: Positive
Judaism: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.0
Overview
In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland is born with a club foot that prevents him from standing. Against everyone's advice, she promises her son that he will walk like the others and that he will have a fabulous life. From then on, Esther will do everything in her power to keep this promise. Through decades of trials and miracles of life, this film is the story of a true, funny and moving story, that of an incredible destiny and the greatest love there is: that of a mother for her child.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film is rated as neutral due to the complete absence of information regarding its political themes, ideology, or leanings in the available data. No specific content or thematic analysis could be performed to identify any political bias.
The film features diverse representation through its focus on a Sephardic Jewish family and a protagonist with a disability. Its narrative explicitly critiques societal and medical system attitudes towards disability, while also addressing themes of economic equity and access to resources.
Secondary
The film portrays transsexual characters with complexity, blending empowering and challenging elements. Agrado is depicted as authentic and resilient, while Lola shows negative individual traits. The narrative explores gender fluidity and self-construction, respecting the dignity of trans characters by highlighting agency and challenging stereotypes, leading to a net positive impact.
The film portrays Judaism as an integral and affirming aspect of the protagonist's family identity. The mother's Sephardic Jewish faith and devotion are highlighted as a significant spiritual resource and source of hope in her struggle to help her son.
The film *Once Upon My Mother* does not portray LGBTQ+ characters or themes as part of its central narrative. Its focus is on a mother-son relationship and overcoming disability, with no indication of LGBTQ+ representation in the plot or character arcs.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film's characters, including Roland Perez and Esther, are portrayed with genders consistent with their established identities in the autobiographical source material and historical record. No gender swaps are present.
The film accurately portrays the Sephardic Jewish North African background of the characters and setting. While the adult Roland actor's appearance is described as more European Jewish than North African Sephardic, this represents a shift in specific ethnicity and phenotype within the broader Jewish identity, not a change in fundamental racial category as per the provided definition.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.0
6.9
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