Romance, Comedy, Drama  •  2025  •  78 min  •  Adults (18+)

Umjolo: There Is No Cure (2025)

Umjolo: There Is No Cure poster

Umjolo: There Is No Cure (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Family Values: Strongly Progressive

Viewer Rating
5.6

Overview

After losing her title for publicly exposing a scandal, a former pageant queen works on a tell-all book — all while her love life remains unwritten.


Starring Cast

Nombulelo Mhlongo  •   Busisiwe Mtshali  •   Tina Redman


Where to watch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium

The film centers on an LGBTQ+ couple navigating the complexities of love and commitment, aligning with progressive values through its focus on diverse representation and the normalization of queer relationships. It explores universal themes of overcoming personal doubts to sustain a loving partnership.

Diversity: High
Confidence: High

The film centers on a Black lesbian romance, highlighting intentional diversity in its character representation. Its narrative focuses on the lighthearted love story of an LGBTQ+ couple without critiquing traditional identities.

Secondary

LGBTQ: Positive
Confidence: High

Umjolo: There Is No Cure centers on the developing romance between a former pageant queen and her chosen writer. The narrative explores their unexpected feelings and the external challenges they face, including a public relations scandal and another person claiming a relationship. The film is categorized within the LGBTQ+ genre, depicting a same-sex couple navigating love amidst societal pressures.

Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Confidence: High

The film centers on an LGBTQ+ couple's journey to find and commit to love, celebrating the formation of an alternative family structure. This narrative strongly endorses progressive family values.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

"Umjolo: There Is No Cure" is a romantic comedy centered on a former pageant queen and a novelist who develop a same-sex romantic relationship. The film's narrative and character descriptions do not include any transsexual characters or themes related to gender transformation. The story focuses on the relationship between its two main female leads.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an original production without pre-existing source material or historical figures. All characters are newly created for this story, meaning there are no established canonical genders from which to deviate. Therefore, no instances of gender swapping occur.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film "Umjolo: There Is No Cure" does not feature any characters with a previously established racial identity from source material, prior installments, or historical records. All characters appear to be original to this production, precluding any race swaps.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
4.2
The Movie Database logo
6.9

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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