5.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Romance, Drama • 1993 • 140 min • Adults (18+)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
Overview
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
Starring Cast
Jeremy Irons • Meryl Streep • Maria Conchita Alonso
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Race Swap: Yes
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
5.7
Overview
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
Starring Cast
Jeremy Irons • Meryl Streep • Maria Conchita Alonso
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium
The film's central narrative unequivocally condemns right-wing military authoritarianism and champions human rights and social justice, aligning its dominant themes with progressive values.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The movie primarily features a white cast in roles representing Latin American characters, aligning with traditional casting practices. However, its narrative explicitly critiques patriarchal and authoritarian power structures, portraying a central male figure negatively and emphasizing themes of social justice and oppression.
Secondary
Race Swap: Yes
Confidence: High
Alba Trueba, a character depicted as white/mestiza in the original novel set in a Latin American country, is portrayed by Sarita Choudhury, an actress of South Asian descent. This constitutes a race swap.
Christianity: Negative
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays Catholicism primarily through characters whose actions contradict Christian virtues, highlighting hypocrisy and rigidity. The institutional church is often aligned with oppressive political forces, and individual devotion is sometimes depicted as a source of torment or resentment rather than solace.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'The House of the Spirits' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative centers on the Trueba family's heterosexual relationships, personal struggles, and political involvement in an unnamed Latin American country, thus rendering the portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements as N/A.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "The House of the Spirits" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on the Trueba family saga amidst political upheaval in a Latin American country, without engaging with transgender identity or experiences.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an adaptation of Isabel Allende's novel. All major characters in the movie retain the same gender as established in the original source material, with no instances of a character canonically or historically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
6.9
Critic Ratings
3.2
N/A
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