6.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Secret Heart (1946)
The Secret Heart (1946)
Overview
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.4
Overview
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central focus on an individual's psychological trauma and its resolution through professional psychiatric help and familial support positions it as neutral. It addresses apolitical themes of grief and mental health without promoting a specific political ideology.
The movie is assessed as having traditional casting, consistent with productions of its era, without evident intentional diversity in character representation. Its narrative is presumed to frame traditional identities neutrally or positively, without explicit critique or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The Secret Heart is a psychological drama exploring a young woman's emotional turmoil and family dynamics. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, focusing instead on conventional relationships and psychological distress within a heteronormative framework.
The film "The Secret Heart" (1946) is a psychological drama focusing on themes of grief, obsession, and family dynamics. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the narrative, nor any subtext that could be interpreted as such.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Secret Heart (1946) is an original film with characters created specifically for its screenplay. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which characters' genders could have been established differently.
The film "The Secret Heart" (1946) is an original screenplay, not an adaptation of existing material or a biopic. Therefore, no characters had a pre-established canonical or historical race to be altered, meaning no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.3
Critic Ratings
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