7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Comedy • 2024 • 104 min • Adults (18+)
Problemista (2024)
Problemista (2024)
Overview
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.
Starring Cast
Julio Torres • Tilda Swinton • RZA
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.
Starring Cast
Julio Torres • Tilda Swinton • RZA
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
Political: Strong Left
Confidence: High
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by critiquing systemic inequities, the U.S. immigration bureaucracy, white privilege, and capitalism from a left-leaning, anti-capitalist perspective.
Diversity: High
Confidence: High
The movie centers a Latinx immigrant protagonist and features significant Latinx representation in front of and behind the camera. Its narrative explicitly critiques systemic inequities within the U.S. immigration system and explores power imbalances related to race, class, and immigration status, making these themes central to the story.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Positive
Confidence: Medium
Problemista provides a positive and affirming portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters. It depicts its queer immigrant protagonist, Alejandro, with dignity and complexity, focusing on his personal growth and artistic ambitions beyond his sexual orientation. The film also showcases a diverse queer and trans artistic community, enriching the narrative with nuanced and humanizing views of queer life through satire and magical realism.
Christianity: Positive
Confidence: High
The film references the historical rape and murder of Catholic missionaries by the Salvadoran military. This portrayal highlights the missionaries as victims of state violence, positioning the audience to sympathize with them and implicitly affirming the dignity of their sacrifice.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Problemista (2024) is recognized for its queer-inclusive tone and eccentric characters, particularly through its protagonist. However, there is no evidence from available information to suggest the film features transsexual characters or directly addresses transsexual themes or communities within its storyline.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
Problemista features an original screenplay and characters, with no prior source material or historical basis. Therefore, no characters have a pre-established gender from which a gender swap could occur.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
Problemista is an original screenplay, meaning all characters were created for this film without prior established racial identities in source material. Therefore, no character could have been race-swapped.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.8
Critic Ratings
8.5
6.8
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