8.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Overview
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
8.3
Overview
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores the complex aftermath of a collective tragedy, focusing on grief, memory, and the limitations of the legal system to provide true justice or healing, without advocating for a specific political ideology or solution.
The movie features a predominantly traditional cast without evident intentional DEI-driven recasting. Its narrative explores universal themes of grief and memory, rather than explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering on strong DEI themes.
Secondary
The film 'The Sweet Hereafter' does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is solely focused on the grief, trauma, and legal complexities following a tragic bus accident in a small community.
The film 'The Sweet Hereafter' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a community's collective grief and the pursuit of justice following a tragic school bus accident, making the portrayal of transsexual identity N/A.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Sweet Hereafter" is an adaptation of Russell Banks' 1991 novel. A comparison of the major characters from the source novel to their portrayals in the film reveals no instances where a character's established gender was altered.
The film "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997) is an adaptation of Russell Banks' 1991 novel. The characters in the source material are consistently portrayed by actors of the same race in the film, with no instances of a character canonically established as one race being depicted as another.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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7.4
6.9
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9.8
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