7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Perfect Blue (1998)
Perfect Blue (1998)
Overview
Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film primarily focuses on the psychological disintegration of an individual grappling with identity and reality under the pressures of fame, with social commentary on objectification serving as a catalyst rather than a central political thesis.
The film features a cast appropriate to its Japanese cultural origin, without engaging in explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative, while exploring themes of female objectification and the dark side of fame, does not present a broad, explicit critique of traditional identities in a modern DEI framework.
Secondary
Perfect Blue does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on psychological thriller elements, identity crisis, and the dark side of the entertainment industry, without incorporating queer identities or relationships.
Perfect Blue is a psychological thriller centered on a pop idol's struggle with identity and reality. The film explores themes of celebrity, mental health, and the blurring lines between performance and self, but does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes related to gender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Perfect Blue is an original animated film. Its characters were created with their depicted genders for this specific story, not adapted from prior source material where their gender was different. There are no instances of characters established as one gender being portrayed as another.
Perfect Blue is an original Japanese animated film based on a Japanese novel. All main characters are depicted as Japanese, consistent with their original conception and setting. There are no instances where a character's race deviates from their established canon.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.0
8.3
Critic Ratings
8.4
6.7
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