6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Mist (2007)
The Mist (2007)
Overview
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
6.8
Overview
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film primarily explores the breakdown of human reason and social order under extreme duress, critiquing the dangers of mob mentality and religious fanaticism without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or solution.
The movie features some visible diversity in its supporting cast, but it does not engage in explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative explores universal themes of human nature, fear, and survival without specifically critiquing or negatively framing traditional identities.
Secondary
The film depicts a fundamentalist, fear-mongering interpretation of Christianity, embodied by Mrs. Carmody, as a dangerous and destructive force that incites violence and irrationality during a crisis. The narrative clearly condemns her actions and ideology, portraying them as a source of oppression and murder.
The Mist does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its story. The film's focus is entirely on the immediate threat of the mist and the breakdown of societal norms, without exploring aspects of queer identity or relationships.
The film "The Mist" does not include any discernible transsexual characters or explore related themes. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate regarding positive, negative, or neutral impacts on transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2007 film adaptation of Stephen King's novella "The Mist" maintains the established genders of all its significant characters from the source material. No characters canonically established as one gender were portrayed as a different gender in the movie.
The film adapts Stephen King's novella. While some characters' races were not explicitly defined in the source material, no character widely established as one race was portrayed as a different race in the film adaptation.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
6.9
Critic Ratings
7.4
5.8
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