The Women (1939)

The Women poster

The Women (1939)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low

Viewer Rating
8.1

Overview

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.


Starring Cast


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Traditional

Primary

The film's narrative ultimately champions the restoration of the traditional family unit and punishes the 'other woman' who disrupts it, aligning with conservative social values regarding marriage and fidelity.

The movie 'The Women' features an all-female, predominantly white cast, which aligns with traditional casting practices for its time and subject matter. The narrative explores the social lives and relationships of wealthy women, critiquing aspects of high society and male infidelity, but does not explicitly challenge or negatively portray traditional identities within a DEI framework.

Secondary

The film 'The Women' (1939) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is entirely centered on the heterosexual relationships, marriages, and social lives of a group of wealthy women, with no explicit or implicit queer representation.

The film "The Women" (1939) features an all-female cast and focuses exclusively on the social lives and marital issues of cisgender women. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the narrative, nor does it engage with transgender identity in any capacity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film "The Women" (1939) is an adaptation of a play by the same name, both famously featuring an entirely female cast. All characters in the source material were female, and they remain female in the film adaptation. No male characters from the source were recast as female, nor were any female characters recast as male.

The 1939 film "The Women" is an adaptation of a 1936 play, featuring an all-female, all-white cast. All characters portrayed in the film align with the implicit racial depiction of the characters in the original source material, with no instances of a character established as one race being portrayed as another.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.7
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7.2

Critic Ratings

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9.4
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N/A

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