7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Pledge (2001)
The Pledge (2001)
Overview
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
7.0
Overview
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central focus on the psychological breakdown of an individual driven by obsession and the ambiguous nature of justice prevents it from aligning with a specific political ideology, offering no clear solutions or critiques.
The movie features a predominantly white cast without intentional race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on a white male protagonist's psychological journey, and it does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center DEI themes within its storyline.
Secondary
The film 'The Pledge' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story focuses entirely on a detective's psychological descent while pursuing a child murderer, without incorporating any elements related to queer identity or experiences.
The film "The Pledge" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The plot focuses exclusively on a retired detective's obsessive investigation into a child murder case, without any elements related to transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Pledge" is an adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novel. All major characters in the movie retain the same gender as their counterparts in the original source material, with no instances of a character established as one gender being portrayed as another.
The film is an adaptation of a novel, and an analysis of its characters against the source material reveals no instances where a character's established race was changed for the screen. Characters whose race was not specified in the source material were not considered race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.6
Critic Ratings
7.8
7.1
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