7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama • 1979 • 117 min • Adults (18+)
The Wanderers (1979)
The Wanderers (1979)
Overview
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
Starring Cast
Ken Wahl • Karen Allen • John Friedrich
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative
Judaism: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.4
Overview
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
Starring Cast
Ken Wahl • Karen Allen • John Friedrich
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film offers an observational, character-driven portrayal of gang life and adolescence in the Bronx in 1963, exploring themes of identity and societal transition without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or offering a partisan solution to the depicted challenges.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium
The movie features a cast that reflects the ethnic demographics of its 1960s Bronx setting, with a primary focus on a traditional white ethnic group. Its narrative explores themes of masculinity and gang culture without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
Christianity: Negative
Confidence: Medium
The film prominently features the Ducky Boys, an Irish Catholic gang portrayed as fanatically violent, cruel, and insular. Their religious identity is a key marker of their extreme tribalism and aggression, with no counterbalancing positive portrayal or nuance offered by the narrative regarding their faith.
Judaism: Positive
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays Joey, a Jewish character, and includes a scene of his Bar Mitzvah. This cultural and religious rite of passage is presented without mockery, as a normal and significant event in his life, contributing to his character's identity and showing respect for his background.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The Wanderers (1979) does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on heterosexual male coming-of-age experiences and gang dynamics in the Bronx during the early 1960s.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "The Wanderers" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on male youth gangs and their experiences in the Bronx in 1963, without exploring gender identity beyond traditional cisgender roles.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The 1979 film "The Wanderers" is an adaptation of Richard Price's 1964 novel. A review of the main characters in both the source material and the film reveals no instances where a character's established gender was changed for the screen adaptation.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The 1979 film "The Wanderers" is an adaptation of Richard Price's 1965 novel. The main characters, established as Italian-American in the source material, are portrayed by white actors in the film, consistent with their original depiction. No characters canonically established as one race are portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
6.9
Critic Ratings
8.9
6.4
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