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The Darkest Minds (2018)

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The Darkest Minds (2018)

Overview

After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High

Viewer Rating
4.5

Overview

After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

YouTube logoYouTube
Google Play logoGoogle Play
Fandango
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The film's central thesis explicitly critiques systemic government oppression and advocates for the rights and freedom of a persecuted minority group, aligning with progressive ideals of social justice and anti-authoritarianism.

The film demonstrates intentional diversity through its casting, featuring a Black actress in the lead role and a diverse ensemble. Its narrative strongly critiques systemic prejudice and oppression against a marginalized group, making this theme central to the story.

Secondary

The Darkest Minds does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a heterosexual romance and the struggle of superpowered teenagers in a dystopian society, with no queer representation.

The film "The Darkest Minds" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its plot or character arcs. Consequently, there is no portrayal of transsexual identity to evaluate as positive, negative, or neutral.

The film features several female characters with superpowers who engage in combat. However, their victories against male opponents are consistently achieved through the use of their psychic or elemental abilities, not through skill, strength, or martial arts in close-quarters physical combat.

The film adapts the novel series by Alexandra Bracken. A review of the main and supporting characters reveals no instances where a character canonically established as one gender in the source material is portrayed as a different gender in the movie.

The protagonist, Ruby Daly, was not explicitly described as a specific race in the source novels. Therefore, her portrayal by a Black actress does not constitute a race swap according to the provided definition, which excludes characters whose race was never specified in prior canon.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

4.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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5.7
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

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1.5
Metacritic logo
3.9

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