8.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Man from Earth (2007)
The Man from Earth (2007)
Overview
A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and curiosity collide, challenging everything they thought they knew about history, science, and belief.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Buddhism: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
8.5
Overview
A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and curiosity collide, challenging everything they thought they knew about history, science, and belief.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film is a philosophical dialogue exploring themes of immortality, history, and belief through a thought experiment. It consciously avoids taking a definitive political stance, instead focusing on the intellectual and emotional reactions to an extraordinary claim, making it politically neutral.
The film features visible diversity within its ensemble cast, including a prominent Black actor in a significant role. The narrative, a philosophical dialogue, focuses on challenging historical and religious beliefs rather than explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
John Oldman speaks of his time learning from the Buddha with deep respect and reverence, describing the teachings as a profound and positive path to enlightenment. The film presents Buddhism as a wise and beneficial philosophy.
The film portrays institutional Christianity as a significant distortion of its founder's original teachings, which John claims were simple messages of love and compassion. The narrative highlights the negative consequences of dogmatic adherence to established beliefs, culminating in the tragic death of a devout Christian character when his faith is existentially challenged.
The film 'The Man from Earth' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on philosophical and historical discussions, with no elements related to queer identity or experiences present in the story or character arcs.
The film "The Man from Earth" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses entirely on a philosophical discussion among academics about a man claiming to be immortal, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Man from Earth is an original story with characters created specifically for the film. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose gender could have been altered.
The Man from Earth (2007) is an original screenplay, not an adaptation of pre-existing material with established character races. Therefore, no characters could have been race-swapped from a prior canonical or historical depiction.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.8
7.6
Critic Ratings
10.0
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