4.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Wizard (1989)
The Wizard (1989)
Overview
A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
4.3
Overview
A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central themes of childhood trauma, family dynamics, and the discovery of individual talent are largely apolitical, focusing on personal growth and reconciliation rather than promoting specific ideological viewpoints. Therefore, it receives a neutral rating.
The movie features traditional casting for its era, with a predominantly white main cast and no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, without incorporating explicit DEI themes or critiques.
Secondary
The Wizard (1989) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's plot revolves around a cross-country journey for a video game competition, focusing on childhood adventure and family relationships, with no elements related to queer identity.
The film 'The Wizard, 1989' does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on a road trip adventure centered around video game competitions, with no elements related to transsexual identity or experiences present in the story or character arcs.
The film centers on a group of children on a cross-country journey to a video game competition. While the female character Haley is a key member of the group, she does not engage in or win any close-quarters physical combat against male opponents.
The Wizard (1989) is an original film, not an adaptation or reboot of existing source material. All characters were created specifically for this movie, thus there are no pre-established characters whose gender could have been swapped.
The Wizard (1989) is an original film and not an adaptation of pre-existing source material with established characters. Therefore, no characters in the film could have been race-swapped from a prior canonical depiction.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.1
6.0
Critic Ratings
2.9
2.3
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