Horror, Mystery  •  2020  •  89 min  •  Adults (18+)

Relic (2020)

Relic poster

Relic (2020)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low

Viewer Rating
7.2

Overview

When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter rushes to the family's decaying home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.


Starring Cast

Robyn Nevin  •   Emily Mortimer  •   Bella Heathcote


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film's central subject matter of aging, dementia, and family caregiving is inherently apolitical, and its narrative champions a deeply personal solution of unconditional love and acceptance in the face of inevitable decay, rather than promoting any specific political ideology.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: High

The film features a predominantly traditional cast with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative centers on a family of women and themes of aging, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to the story.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "Relic" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses exclusively on a heterosexual family's struggle with aging, dementia, and a decaying ancestral home, without any explicit or implicit queer representation.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

Relic does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story centers on a cisgender family dealing with a supernatural entity linked to dementia, with no elements pertaining to transgender identity or experiences.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

Relic is an original horror film with characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing characters from source material, history, or prior installments whose gender could have been altered.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

Relic is an original horror film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical figures, or established canon for its characters, thus no race swap can occur.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.2

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.0
The Movie Database logo
6.1

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
9.1
Metacritic logo
7.7

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