7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
X-Men: First Class (2011)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Overview
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Judaism: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.5
Overview
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's central conflict addresses the persecution of a minority group (mutants) by a fearful majority, championing a solution of empathy, understanding, and integration over conflict and separatism.
The movie features a cast that includes visible diversity alongside traditional portrayals for its main characters. Its narrative explores themes of prejudice and acceptance through the mutant allegory, aligning with DEI principles, but it does not explicitly critique or negatively frame traditional identities.
Secondary
The film presents a strong allegorical theme of marginalized identities, including LGBTQ+ experiences, through its mutant characters. The central, deeply emotional bond between Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr, often read as a queer allegory, is portrayed with dignity and complexity, with its tragic end stemming from external prejudice and ideological conflict.
The film opens with a powerful depiction of the Holocaust, showing Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) as a Jewish child in Auschwitz. The narrative unequivocally condemns the anti-Semitic persecution he endures, framing it as a profound injustice and establishing his trauma as a central, sympathetic motivation for his character.
X-Men: First Class does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the origins of the X-Men and the conflict between Professor X and Magneto, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences.
The film features female characters with various mutant powers, such as Mystique, Emma Frost, and Angel Salvadore. However, none of these characters engage in or win close-quarters physical combat against male opponents using skill, strength, or martial arts. Their combat interactions are primarily power-based or do not result in such victories.
All major characters in X-Men: First Class, including Professor X, Magneto, Mystique, and Beast, maintain their established genders from the X-Men comic source material and prior adaptations. No character canonically or historically established as one gender is portrayed as a different gender in this film.
All major characters in X-Men: First Class, including Professor X, Magneto, Mystique, and Beast, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established comic book origins. No instances of a character canonically established as one race being portrayed as a different race were identified.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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7.7
7.3
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8.6
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