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The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.9
The Grapes of Wrath poster

Overview

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive

Overview

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Google Play logoGoogle Play
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by critiquing systemic economic injustice and corporate exploitation, championing collective action and human solidarity as the solution to the plight of the dispossessed.

The film features a cast that aligns with the historical demographics of its setting, primarily depicting white characters without intentional race or gender swaps. Its narrative focuses on socio-economic critique, highlighting the struggles of the working class against exploitative systems, rather than offering a critical portrayal of traditional identities.

Secondary

The film portrays the enduring faith and moral strength of characters like Ma Joad and the evolving, humanistic spirituality of Jim Casy with deep respect and sympathy. While it critiques the hypocrisy of some institutions claiming Christian values, the narrative ultimately affirms the core virtues of compassion, community, and human dignity, often framed within a spiritual, if unconventional, Christian context.

The Grapes of Wrath, a historical drama depicting the hardships of migrant workers during the Dust Bowl, does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The film's focus is entirely on socio-economic struggles and family resilience, rendering the portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements as N/A.

The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 film depicting the struggles of an Oklahoma family during the Great Depression, does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on economic hardship, social injustice, and family resilience, with no elements related to transgender identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The 1940 film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath" faithfully portrays all major characters with the same gender as established in the original source material. No characters canonically established as one gender were depicted as a different gender in the movie.

The 1940 film "The Grapes of Wrath" adapts John Steinbeck's novel, portraying the Joad family and other characters as white, consistent with the source material's depiction of Dust Bowl migrants. There are no instances where a character's established race from the novel was altered in the film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
8.1
The Movie Database logo
7.8

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
10.0
Metacritic logo
9.6

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