7.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama • 2024 • 91 min
Smoking Tigers (2024)
Smoking Tigers (2024)
Overview
Set in early-2000s SoCal, Smoking Tigers follows a Korean American girl as she navigates derision and growing tensions while balancing the duality of her low-income family and wealthy, elite high school environment.
Starring Cast
Ji-young Yoo • Jeong Jun-ho • Abin Andrews
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Not Rated
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
7.1
Overview
Set in early-2000s SoCal, Smoking Tigers follows a Korean American girl as she navigates derision and growing tensions while balancing the duality of her low-income family and wealthy, elite high school environment.
Starring Cast
Ji-young Yoo • Jeong Jun-ho • Abin Andrews
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High
Smoking Tigers explores the intricate challenges of cultural identity and assimilation for a Korean-American teenager navigating family expectations and class disparities in suburban New Jersey. The narrative's focus on the immigrant experience and the protagonist's struggle for belonging aligns with progressive social justice themes.
Diversity: Not Rated
The film features a visibly diverse cast. A comprehensive evaluation of its narrative and thematic framing is not possible due to a lack of detailed plot information.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium
The film offers a nuanced portrayal of an immigrant family navigating economic hardship and cultural identity. It depicts the complexities of generational differences and a teenager's quest for independence, without explicitly endorsing or critiquing traditional or progressive family structures.
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
Smoking Tigers is an original film featuring newly created characters. The definition of a gender swap specifically excludes new, original characters created for a film, as there is no prior canonical gender to alter. Therefore, no instances of gender swapping are present.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
Smoking Tigers is an original production without pre-existing source material or established characters. There are no canonical or historical character depictions that could be altered, meaning no instances of race swapping occur within the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
5.2
Critic Ratings
10.0
N/A
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