Animation, Family, Drama, Adventure  •  2022  •  35 min  •  All Ages

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022)

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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
7.8

Overview

The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.


Starring Cast

Jude Coward Nicoll  •   Tom Hollander  •   Idris Elba


Where to watch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film's central themes of kindness, friendship, and self-acceptance are universal and apolitical, focusing on personal growth and connection rather than engaging with specific political ideologies or societal critiques.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

The film features an archetypal boy and animal characters, which does not present explicit human racial or gender diversity in its casting. Its narrative focuses on universal themes of kindness and friendship, remaining neutral regarding traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film explores the platonic friendships and journey of a boy, a mole, a fox, and a horse, emphasizing universal themes of kindness, courage, and belonging. There are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present in the narrative, resulting in an N/A classification for LGBTQ+ portrayal.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on the journey and friendship of a boy and three animals, exploring themes of kindness, courage, and self-acceptance without engaging with transgender identity.

Female Combat: No
Confidence: High

This animated film features no significant female characters. The narrative focuses on themes of friendship and journey, and does not contain any combat or action sequences involving physical confrontation between characters.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an adaptation of Charlie Mackesy's book, featuring the same four main characters: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse. All characters maintain their established male gender from the source material in the film adaptation.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film's main characters are an unracialized boy and three animals. The source material, an illustrated book, does not establish a specific race for the boy, nor do the animal characters have a human race. Thus, no character's race was changed from a prior established depiction.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.8
The Movie Database logo
8.2

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
7.5
Metacritic logo
7.5

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