6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance • 1993 • 72 min • All Ages
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
Overview
The Thief and the Cobbler is an animated fantasy from director Richard Williams, decades in the making, set in a stylized Middle Eastern world where a humble cobbler and a princess race to recover stolen magical orbs and save a kingdom. The public bias label is Neutral, and it fits. The one mild progressive lean is the princess choosing her own romantic partner rather than accepting an arranged match, a fairly common trope in fairy-tale animation. Beyond that, the film operates on classic good-versus-evil storytelling with no political framing, no identity-politics content, and no religious commentary. It is G-rated family fare with universal moral stakes and very little cultural friction in any direction.
Starring Cast
Vincent Price • Matthew Broderick • Jennifer Beals
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
6.6
Overview
The Thief and the Cobbler is an animated fantasy from director Richard Williams, decades in the making, set in a stylized Middle Eastern world where a humble cobbler and a princess race to recover stolen magical orbs and save a kingdom. The public bias label is Neutral, and it fits. The one mild progressive lean is the princess choosing her own romantic partner rather than accepting an arranged match, a fairly common trope in fairy-tale animation. Beyond that, the film operates on classic good-versus-evil storytelling with no political framing, no identity-politics content, and no religious commentary. It is G-rated family fare with universal moral stakes and very little cultural friction in any direction.
Starring Cast
Vincent Price • Matthew Broderick • Jennifer Beals
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film's narrative centers on universal themes of good versus evil, individual virtue, and the triumph over tyranny and chaos. Its focus on timeless moral principles rather than specific modern political ideologies places it as neutral.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The animated fantasy film presents a visually diverse world and characters, although its primary voice cast is predominantly white. The narrative adheres to a traditional good-versus-evil structure, without critiquing or explicitly focusing on traditional identities or specific DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium
The film's central narrative challenges the tradition of arranged marriage and depicts a princess choosing her own partner for love, thereby questioning parental authority over marital decisions and favoring individual choice over traditional norms.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a cobbler, a princess, and a thief in a fantastical setting, with no explicit or implicit representation of queer identities or relationships. Therefore, there is no portrayal to evaluate.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a traditional fantasy adventure involving a cobbler, a princess, and a thief, with no elements pertaining to gender identity or transsexual experiences. The story's focus remains on the conflict between good and evil, and a budding romance.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film features original characters created for the production, not adaptations of pre-existing figures with established genders. Therefore, no character's gender was changed from a prior canonical source.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film features original characters created for this specific production, set in a fictionalized Middle Eastern world. There is no prior source material or historical basis establishing the race of any character that was subsequently changed in the film.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
7.1
Critic Ratings
5.6
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