8.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Music • 2013 • 102 min
We Are the Best! (2013)
We Are the Best! (2013)
Overview
We Are the Best! is a 2013 drama about three teenage girls in 1980s Stockholm who start a punk band despite the odds. A coming-of-age story that leans into progressive values, the film champions rebellion against authority and celebrates individualism, especially in relation to family and self-expression. It subtly portrays queer emotions and prioritizes a chosen family over traditional structures, aligning with contemporary progressive ideals. While the film’s focus is on classic punk themes, its treatment of identity and youth empowerment gives it a distinct left-leaning slant.
Starring Cast
Mira Barkhammar • Mira Grosin • Liv LeMoyne
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Positive
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Viewer Rating
8.1
Overview
We Are the Best! is a 2013 drama about three teenage girls in 1980s Stockholm who start a punk band despite the odds. A coming-of-age story that leans into progressive values, the film champions rebellion against authority and celebrates individualism, especially in relation to family and self-expression. It subtly portrays queer emotions and prioritizes a chosen family over traditional structures, aligning with contemporary progressive ideals. While the film’s focus is on classic punk themes, its treatment of identity and youth empowerment gives it a distinct left-leaning slant.
Starring Cast
Mira Barkhammar • Mira Grosin • Liv LeMoyne
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High
The film's central subject of punk rock and youth rebellion against societal norms and adult authority aligns its dominant themes with progressive values of anti-establishment sentiment and individual expression against conformity.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features traditional casting consistent with its 1980s Stockholm setting, without explicit diversity initiatives or intentional recasting of roles. Its narrative focuses on themes of youthful rebellion and self-expression, critiquing general societal conformity rather than explicitly portraying traditional identities negatively.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Positive
Confidence: Medium
We Are the Best! portrays nascent same-sex attraction among its young female protagonists as a natural and empathetic aspect of their coming-of-age. The film treats these emotional explorations with dignity and without judgment, normalizing queer feelings within the context of adolescent discovery and friendship. The depiction is supportive and validating.
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Confidence: High
The film consistently portrays and normalizes non-traditional family structures, such as single-parent households and disengaged parents, while celebrating the protagonists' rebellion against parental authority and traditional norms. The narrative strongly emphasizes the empowering role of a 'chosen family' (the band) over biological family ties.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'We Are the Best!' centers on three young cisgender girls forming a punk band in 1980s Stockholm, exploring themes of friendship, rebellion, and adolescence. The narrative does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story's focus remains entirely on the experiences of its cisgender protagonists.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an adaptation of a graphic novel where the main characters are established as female. The on-screen portrayal maintains these characters as female, with no instances of a character's gender being changed from the source material.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an adaptation of a semi-autobiographical graphic novel set in 1980s Sweden. The characters, originally depicted as white in the source material, are portrayed by white actors in the film, with no changes in racial representation.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
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9.7
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