6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery • 2000 • 87 min
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000)
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000)
Overview
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz is a surreal 2000 British film mixing comedy, drama, fantasy, and mystery. A mysterious stranger arrives in London on the last day of creation, triggering a chaotic chain of events leading to the universe’s end. Its Leans Traditional label follows from a mostly conventional cast and focus on existential themes over identity politics. The film’s absurdist tone and lack of LGBTQ+ or trans themes align with the label, as does its philosophical tilt toward traditional values without overt progressive messaging. It offers more riddles than resolutions, and its cultural neutrality gives the film a timelessly enigmatic charm.
Starring Cast
Tom Fisher • Ian McNeice • Tony Maudsley
Where to watch
Prime VideoRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz is a surreal 2000 British film mixing comedy, drama, fantasy, and mystery. A mysterious stranger arrives in London on the last day of creation, triggering a chaotic chain of events leading to the universe’s end. Its Leans Traditional label follows from a mostly conventional cast and focus on existential themes over identity politics. The film’s absurdist tone and lack of LGBTQ+ or trans themes align with the label, as does its philosophical tilt toward traditional values without overt progressive messaging. It offers more riddles than resolutions, and its cultural neutrality gives the film a timelessly enigmatic charm.
Starring Cast
Tom Fisher • Ian McNeice • Tony Maudsley
Where to watch
Prime VideoDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film's surreal and absurdist exploration of urban decay, fragmented identity, and bureaucracy offers a broad, philosophical critique of modern existence without championing a specific political ideology or solution.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features a predominantly traditional cast without explicit DEI-driven casting choices. Its surreal and absurdist narrative focuses on themes of identity and memory in a dystopian setting, without engaging in critical portrayals of traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its story.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High
The film's surreal and absurdist narrative does not focus on family structures, roles, or values, thus providing no meaningful content to assess its portrayal of family life norms.
Christianity: Negative
Confidence: High
The film satirizes organized religion, particularly through the depiction of a decaying London where traditional Christian institutions offer no genuine solace. Any religious figures or themes are presented with cynicism, contributing to the film's overall bleak and absurdist view of society.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on surreal events in London leading up to an apocalypse, following the various incarnations of the titular character. The story and character portrayals do not engage with queer identity or experiences.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its surreal, black-and-white narrative explores a post-apocalyptic London through a series of bizarre events and eccentric characters, without engaging with gender identity or transsexual experiences.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz is an original film with no prior source material, historical figures, or legacy characters with established genders. All characters were created for this specific production.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an original work with characters created specifically for this production. There is no pre-existing source material, historical basis, or prior installment establishing character races that could be subject to a race swap.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
6.6
Critic Ratings
N/A
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