7.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama • 2024 • 99 min • Teen (13+)
Small Things Like These (2024)
Small Things Like These (2024)
Overview
In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.
Starring Cast
Cillian Murphy • Eileen Walsh • Emily Watson
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
7.7
Overview
In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.
Starring Cast
Cillian Murphy • Eileen Walsh • Emily Watson
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Strong Left
Confidence: High
The film explicitly critiques institutional abuse and the historical oppression of women by religious authority, focusing on the systemic cruelty of the Magdalene Laundries. It champions individual moral courage in confronting profound societal injustices.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The film features traditional casting that reflects its historical Irish setting. Its narrative subtly critiques historical institutional abuses and societal norms without explicitly portraying traditional identities negatively.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays a stable, heterosexual nuclear family with traditional gender roles and strong parental protective instincts. This family unit serves as a moral anchor for the protagonist, contrasting with the societal injustices he uncovers.
Christianity: Negative
Confidence: High
The film depicts the systemic cruelty and hypocrisy within institutions run by a specific Christian order, highlighting the suffering of women confined to the Magdalene Laundries. The narrative exposes the oppressive practices and moral failings of these institutions, presenting them as fundamentally problematic.
LGBTQ: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Trans: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film's characters maintain their established genders from the source material. There are no instances where a character canonically or historically recognized as one gender is portrayed on screen as a different gender.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Small Things Like These" is an adaptation of a novel set in Ireland. The characters, as depicted in the source material and portrayed by the cast, maintain their established racial identities, consistent with the story's setting and period. No instances of characters being portrayed as a different race from their canonical or historical depiction are present.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.7
Critic Ratings
9.4
8.2
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