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My Favorite Wife (1940)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.3
My Favorite Wife poster

Overview

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns that Ellen spent her time alone on an island with another man.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: Low

Overview

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns that Ellen spent her time alone on an island with another man.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

The film's central conflict and resolution are framed within a romantic comedy, focusing on personal relationships and comedic misunderstandings rather than engaging with or promoting specific political ideologies. While it ultimately restores a traditional family structure, this serves as a romantic comedy trope for a happy ending, not a political statement.

This 1940 romantic comedy features a cast that is entirely white, reflecting the common casting practices of its time without any visible diversity or intentional recasting of roles. The narrative centers on traditional romantic entanglements among white, heterosexual characters, with no critique or negative portrayal of traditional identities, nor does it incorporate any explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

This 1940 screwball comedy focuses entirely on the romantic entanglements of a heterosexual couple. The narrative contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes, resulting in a net impact of N/A regarding LGBTQ+ portrayal.

My Favorite Wife (1940) is a screwball comedy about a woman returning after being presumed dead, creating a marital dilemma for her husband. The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, nor does it explore gender identity in its narrative.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

My Favorite Wife (1940) is an original film, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. Therefore, no characters had a prior canonical or historical gender to be swapped.

This 1940 romantic comedy features original characters created for the film. There is no evidence of any character being established as a different race in prior canon or history and then portrayed differently in this movie.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.3
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

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8.6
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6.3

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