7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
Overview
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.4
Overview
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores universal themes of human frailty, spiritual crisis, and the search for connection, offering personal acceptance and empathy as solutions to individual suffering rather than engaging with specific political ideologies or societal critiques.
The film features a predominantly traditional cast without intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on the personal struggles of its main characters and does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center DEI themes.
Secondary
The film explores the profound spiritual crisis of T. Lawrence Shannon, a defrocked Episcopal priest, portraying his struggles with alcoholism, lust, and a questioning of faith. While Shannon's personal failings are evident, the narrative frames his torment with deep empathy, not as a condemnation of Christianity itself. Through the compassionate character of Hannah Jelkes, the film offers a path to grace, understanding, and the possibility of redemption, affirming universal spiritual virtues within a Christian context.
The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative centers on the struggles of a defrocked priest and the complex relationships he forms with various women, focusing on heterosexual dynamics and personal crises.
The film "The Night of the Iguana" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on themes of desire, loneliness, and spiritual struggle among its cisgender characters, without engaging with transgender identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Night of the Iguana" is a direct adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play. All major characters retain their established genders from the original source material, with no instances of a character canonically or historically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
The 1964 film "The Night of the Iguana" is an adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play. All major characters in the film are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with the implied or established race of their counterparts in the original source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.6
7.2
Critic Ratings
7.5
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