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Spaceballs (1987)

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Spaceballs (1987)

Overview

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?


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Rating & Dimensions

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

Viewer Rating
5.9

Overview

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?


Starring Cast


Where to watch

AMC+ logoAMC+
Philo logoPhilo
Apple TV logoApple TV
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film's dominant themes align with progressive values due to its central conflict involving an authoritarian regime's environmental exploitation and resource depletion, coupled with satire of unchecked corporate greed and consumerism.

Spaceballs features a largely traditional cast with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative is a parody that focuses on satirizing science fiction tropes and consumerism, without explicitly critiquing or negatively portraying traditional identities or incorporating central DEI themes.

Secondary

Spaceballs, a comedic parody of science fiction films, does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative and humor are focused on satirizing genre tropes and pop culture, without engaging with queer identity in any capacity.

Spaceballs does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The film's narrative and humor, primarily a parody of science fiction, do not engage with gender identity, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate against the rubric.

The film features Princess Vespa as the primary female character involved in action sequences. Her combat engagements primarily involve the use of a laser gun against male opponents. There are no scenes depicting her or any other female character defeating male opponents in close-quarters physical combat, hand-to-hand, or with melee weapons.

Spaceballs is an original parody film, not a direct adaptation or reboot of existing source material. While its characters parody established figures, they are new creations for this film, and thus do not meet the definition of a gender swap.

Spaceballs is an original parody film with characters created specifically for this movie. No character in Spaceballs has a prior canonical, historical, or widely established race from source material or previous installments that was altered.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.1
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6.9

Critic Ratings

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5.2
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4.6

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