7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Flamingo Road (1949)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.4
Overview
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film is left-leaning due to its central critique of an entrenched, corrupt political boss who abuses his power to oppress an outsider from a lower social class, championing individual resistance against tyranny and social injustice.
The film features traditional casting, consistent with its era, without intentional race or gender swaps of roles. Its narrative primarily focuses on character-driven drama and corruption, rather than offering explicit critiques of traditional identities or incorporating strong DEI themes.
Secondary
The film critiques the profound hypocrisy and corruption of characters like Sheriff Semple, who maintain an outward facade of respectability often associated with Christian values in the Southern setting. However, the narrative condemns the individuals' abuse of power and their false piety, not Christianity itself, thereby implicitly affirming the virtues that these characters betray.
Flamingo Road, a 1949 film noir, does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story centers on heterosexual romantic entanglements and power dynamics within a corrupt political landscape, rendering the LGBTQ+ portrayal as not applicable.
Flamingo Road (1949) is a drama film focusing on a carnival dancer's struggles in a corrupt small town. There are no transsexual characters or themes present in the film's plot, character arcs, or dialogue. Therefore, the film has no impact on the portrayal of transsexual individuals.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Flamingo Road (1949) is an adaptation of Robert Wilder's novel. All major characters in the film retain the same gender as established in the original source material. There are no instances of characters being portrayed as a different gender than their canonical depiction.
Flamingo Road (1949) is an adaptation of a 1946 novel and play. There is no evidence that any character, canonically established as one race in the source material, was portrayed by an actor of a different race in the film. All major characters were portrayed by actors consistent with the implied race of the characters in the original works.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.0
7.0
Critic Ratings
8.3
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