7.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
Overview
Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.9
Overview
Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film explores a young woman's sexual awakening and self-discovery, empathetically portraying her pursuit of agency and challenging traditional societal norms regarding female sexuality. Its focus on individual liberation and the subjective experience of a teenage girl aligns with progressive values.
The film features primarily traditional casting. Its narrative explores themes of female sexuality and societal norms without explicitly critiquing traditional identities in a DEI-centric manner.
Secondary
The film depicts a teenage girl's sexual awakening in 1970s San Francisco, including a brief same-sex encounter. This exploration is presented as one facet of her journey, without significant emphasis on the queer aspect itself. The portrayal is incidental, neither affirming nor denigrating LGBTQ+ themes.
The film depicts a highly unconventional family dynamic where a teenage girl engages in an affair with her mother's boyfriend, directly challenging traditional notions of fidelity, parental authority, and appropriate sexual boundaries within a family unit. This narrative strongly endorses progressive family values by normalizing sexual freedom and critiquing traditional roles.
The film does not feature identifiable transsexual characters or themes, resulting in no specific portrayal to evaluate. The narrative focuses on other aspects of the protagonist's life and experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film adapts a graphic novel where the main characters' genders align with their portrayals on screen. No established character from the source material undergoes a gender change in the film.
The film adapts a graphic novel where the main characters, including Minnie Goetze, are depicted as white. The on-screen portrayals align with these established racial depictions. No race swaps are present.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
6.6
Critic Ratings
9.5
8.7
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