7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Mystery • 2022 • 96 min • Teen (13+)
The Eternal Daughter (2022)
The Eternal Daughter (2022)
Overview
Joanna Hogg's quiet British ghost story follows an adult daughter and her elderly mother revisiting a country house turned hotel, where old memories surface alongside something less explainable. Tilda Swinton plays both women, which alone signals the film's interest in psychological doubling over plot mechanics. The Neutral label fits because the movie has no political agenda, no social messaging, and no identity-politics freight. It is a very interior film about grief, memory, and the emotional weight adult children carry toward aging parents. Family dynamics are complex and unresolved rather than idealized or subverted. The absence of almost every category that moves a film's cultural needle is itself the story here.
Starring Cast
Tilda Swinton • Louis • August Joshi
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
7.3
Overview
Joanna Hogg's quiet British ghost story follows an adult daughter and her elderly mother revisiting a country house turned hotel, where old memories surface alongside something less explainable. Tilda Swinton plays both women, which alone signals the film's interest in psychological doubling over plot mechanics. The Neutral label fits because the movie has no political agenda, no social messaging, and no identity-politics freight. It is a very interior film about grief, memory, and the emotional weight adult children carry toward aging parents. Family dynamics are complex and unresolved rather than idealized or subverted. The absence of almost every category that moves a film's cultural needle is itself the story here.
Starring Cast
Tilda Swinton • Louis • August Joshi
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film's central subject matter revolves around personal grief, memory, and the complexities of a mother-daughter relationship, which are inherently apolitical and do not align with any specific political ideology. The narrative focuses on internal psychological struggles rather than societal or political issues.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The movie features a small cast with visible diversity in a supporting role, though the primary characters are played by a white actress. The narrative focuses on personal and familial themes, without engaging in critical portrayals of traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its story.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Low
The film focuses intensely on the complex, often strained, psychological dynamic between an adult daughter and her elderly mother, exploring themes of memory, grief, and intergenerational understanding without endorsing or critiquing specific traditional or progressive family norms.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The Eternal Daughter does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative is solely focused on the intricate relationship between a mother and daughter, exploring personal history, memory, and grief within a familial and psychological framework.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes. The narrative primarily explores a complex mother-daughter relationship, grief, and memory within a gothic mystery setting, with no elements related to transsexual identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The Eternal Daughter is an original film with characters created specifically for this story. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous adaptation from which characters' genders could have been established and subsequently changed.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The Eternal Daughter is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous adaptation establishing the race of any character before this film's release.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.9
5.9
Critic Ratings
9.5
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