7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Sadie Thompson (1928)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.4
Overview
A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported back to San Francisco.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative
Overview
A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported back to San Francisco.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film critiques the destructive nature of religious hypocrisy and rigid moral judgment through its sympathetic portrayal of a marginalized woman's struggle for autonomy, aligning with left-leaning themes of challenging oppressive social norms.
This 1928 silent film features traditional casting practices, with a predominantly white cast in leading roles, consistent with the era's industry norms. The narrative explores themes of hypocrisy and moral judgment through its main characters, but it does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center DEI themes within its storytelling.
Secondary
The film portrays Christianity through the character of Alfred Davidson, a self-righteous and hypocritical missionary. His oppressive moralizing, judgmental nature, and eventual attempted rape and suicide depict a rigid, puritanical form of the faith as destructive and problematic, with no counterbalancing positive portrayal.
The film "Sadie Thompson" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative centers on heterosexual relationships and moral conflicts, leading to a determination of N/A for LGBTQ+ portrayal.
The film "Sadie Thompson" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on cisgender individuals and their struggles with morality and religion on a South Pacific island, offering no portrayal of transsexual identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1928 film "Sadie Thompson" is an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's short story "Rain." All major characters in the film retain the same gender as established in the original source material, with no instances of a character's canonical gender being altered for the screen portrayal.
The 1928 film "Sadie Thompson" is an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's short story "Rain." The main characters, including Sadie Thompson, were established as white in the source material and are portrayed by white actors in this film, with no instances of a character's race being changed from their original depiction.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
6.6
Critic Ratings
8.3
N/A
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