Drama  •  2025  •  111 min  •  Teen (13+)

The Penguin Lessons (2025)

The Penguin Lessons poster

The Penguin Lessons (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
6.8

Overview

In 1976, as Argentina descends into violence and chaos, a world-weary English teacher regains his compassion for others thanks to an unlikely friendship with a penguin.


Starring Cast

Steve Coogan  •   Jonathan Pryce  •   Bruno Blas


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High

The film critiques a brutal military dictatorship and its human rights abuses, championing compassion and unity as essential responses to state-sponsored oppression. It explores the moral imperative of human connection amidst a politically divided nation.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

The film features primarily traditional casting with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative centers on an Englishman's personal and political awakening during a significant period in Argentine history, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/R

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The Penguin Lessons does not feature transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The film's story focuses on other elements, with no identifiable portrayal of transgender identity or related plot points present in the available information.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film adapts Tom Michell's autobiographical book. All characters maintain their established genders as depicted in the source material and historical record. There are no instances of characters being portrayed on screen with a gender different from their original depiction.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The Penguin Lessons is inspired by the true story of an Englishman working in Argentina. The lead character, Tom Michell, an Englishman, is portrayed by Steve Coogan, a white British actor. No characters are depicted with a race different from their established historical or canonical background.

Family Values: N/R

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.1
The Movie Database logo
7.1

Critic Ratings

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7.7
Metacritic logo
5.2

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