8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Come Home Love (2012)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.0
Overview
MA FU, a retired employee of the HK Correctional Services Department, moved back to live with his son after retirement. MA FU treats and disciplines everyone in his family as if they were the offenders he works with in his job. His youngest son MA CHONG feels like he's in jail when he gets home, and his father is even often involved with his job as a paralegal. The father and son get into disputes daily and his elder brother MA KEUNG and his wife LO LAI SEUNG are often stuck in between and have to settle the disputes. The couple also holds the heavy responsibility of raising their kids. Three generations in the MA family all live together and encounter different situations, experiences and system of values.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Buddhism: Positive
Christianity: Positive
Overview
MA FU, a retired employee of the HK Correctional Services Department, moved back to live with his son after retirement. MA FU treats and disciplines everyone in his family as if they were the offenders he works with in his job. His youngest son MA CHONG feels like he's in jail when he gets home, and his father is even often involved with his job as a paralegal. The father and son get into disputes daily and his elder brother MA KEUNG and his wife LO LAI SEUNG are often stuck in between and have to settle the disputes. The couple also holds the heavy responsibility of raising their kids. Three generations in the MA family all live together and encounter different situations, experiences and system of values.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
This family sitcom's central subject matter revolves around the daily lives, relationships, and interpersonal challenges of a multi-generational family, making its core themes and the solutions it champions largely apolitical and universally human.
The film, a Hong Kong production, features a cast that aligns with its local mainstream, without engaging in explicit race or gender swaps of roles traditionally associated with other demographics. Its narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of characters and their identities, characteristic of a family sitcom, rather than offering explicit critiques or centering strong DEI themes.
Secondary
Come Home Love featured a groundbreaking portrayal of a gay couple, John and Stephen, whose relationship was developed with dignity and treated as a legitimate romantic bond. The show integrated them into its narrative without resorting to mockery or villainy, ultimately affirming their love and worth within the series' universe.
The show often depicts characters engaging in traditional Chinese religious practices, many of which are rooted in Buddhism, such as visiting temples, offering incense, and seeking blessings. These practices are generally portrayed with respect for their cultural significance and the comfort they provide to adherents, reinforcing family values and tradition within the narrative.
The show portrays Christianity as a source of community, moral values, and personal solace for its adherents, without presenting it as oppressive or hypocritical. Christian characters are generally depicted with respect, and their faith often contributes positively to their lives and relationships.
The series does not feature identifiable transsexual characters or themes, thus there is no portrayal to evaluate under the given rubric.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Come Home Love is an original Hong Kong sitcom with characters created specifically for the series. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose gender could have been altered, thus no gender swaps occur.
As an original Hong Kong sitcom, "Come Home Love" introduces its own characters without drawing from pre-existing source material or historical figures of a different race. Therefore, no characters could have been established as one race and then portrayed as another.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
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8.0
Critic Ratings
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