5.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Little Engine That Could (2011)
The Little Engine That Could (2011)
Overview
Featuring an all-star cast, the timeless story comes to life in this all-new, feature-length film filled with fun and adventure!
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
5.9
Overview
Featuring an all-star cast, the timeless story comes to life in this all-new, feature-length film filled with fun and adventure!
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central message promotes universal virtues such as perseverance, self-belief, and helping those in need, without aligning with any specific political ideology.
The movie features a traditional animated cast without explicit racial or gender recasting of roles. Its narrative focuses on classic themes of perseverance and helping others, without engaging in critiques of traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The animated children's film 'The Little Engine That Could' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a young train's journey and the power of positive thinking, without engaging with queer identity in any capacity.
The animated children's film "The Little Engine That Could" focuses on talking trains and their adventures. It does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. Consequently, there is no portrayal of transsexual identity to evaluate, resulting in a net impact rating of N/A.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2011 film introduces new characters, including a male protagonist named Rusty, rather than directly adapting and changing the gender of established characters from the original story. No canonical character from the source material is portrayed with a different gender.
The film's primary characters are anthropomorphic trains and toys, which do not possess a human race. The minor human characters in the source material were not explicitly or unambiguously established as a specific race, thus precluding a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.6
6.2
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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