6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Man Who Sued God (2001)
The Man Who Sued God (2001)
Overview
A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was “an act of God”. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and, as God’s representative, The Church.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Judaism: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.6
Overview
A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was “an act of God”. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and, as God’s representative, The Church.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores a unique legal challenge to religious institutions and the concept of 'acts of God,' focusing on an individual's quest for justice and personal healing. Its nuanced approach to faith, law, and institutional critique prevents it from aligning strongly with either progressive or conservative ideologies, leading to a neutral rating.
The film features traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on a man's legal battle, maintaining a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities without incorporating explicit DEI critiques.
Secondary
The film satirizes the legal system's inability to address spiritual matters and the institutional responses to profound grief, rather than the core tenets of Christianity. Religious representatives are portrayed as navigating an absurd situation, not as inherently flawed or hypocritical.
A Rabbi is included among the religious representatives sued, depicted respectfully as part of the institutional response to an unprecedented legal challenge. The film does not critique the faith itself.
The film 'The Man Who Sued God' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a legal battle against God, with no elements related to queer identity or experiences, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
The film 'The Man Who Sued God' does not include any transsexual characters or themes. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate, resulting in an N/A rating for its depiction of transsexual identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Man Who Sued God is an original film, not an adaptation of existing source material or a biopic. All characters were created for this specific movie, thus precluding any gender swaps from prior canon or historical record.
This film is an original production and not an adaptation of existing source material, nor is it a biopic. Therefore, no characters had a pre-established canonical or historical race to be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.4
Critic Ratings
7.1
N/A
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