7.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Small Back Room (1949)
The Small Back Room (1949)
Overview
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Fandango
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Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
7.7
Overview
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Fandango
Powered byDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film primarily focuses on the apolitical themes of individual expertise, personal resilience, and the practical challenges of wartime problem-solving. While it critiques bureaucratic inefficiency, this critique is presented as a universal obstacle to competence rather than an ideologically charged attack on government, leading to a neutral rating.
The movie features a predominantly traditional cast, consistent with the era of its production. Its narrative focuses on personal and wartime challenges without explicitly critiquing or promoting specific identity groups, maintaining a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities.
Secondary
The film 'The Small Back Room' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a heterosexual relationship and wartime professional duties, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity or experiences.
The film 'The Small Back Room' (1949) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a bomb disposal expert during WWII, and there is no depiction of transgender identity or related issues within the story.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is a direct adaptation of Nigel Balchin's 1943 novel. A review of the main characters and their portrayals in the film reveals no instances where a character's gender was changed from the source material.
The 1949 film "The Small Back Room" is an adaptation of Nigel Balchin's 1943 novel. Both the source material and the film portray characters as white, consistent with the wartime British setting. There are no instances of characters established as one race in the novel being portrayed as a different race in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
6.7
Critic Ratings
9.2
N/A
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