8.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.4
Overview
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Negative
Overview
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film primarily explores universal themes of family dysfunction, mendacity, and the search for authenticity within a wealthy Southern family. Its focus on personal psychological drama and relational truth, rather than systemic critiques or political solutions, places it in the neutral category.
The movie features traditional casting with no explicit race or gender swaps of roles. Its narrative primarily focuses on individual psychological drama within a specific family context, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering on modern DEI themes.
Secondary
The film adaptation of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" heavily implies a repressed homosexual subtext in Brick's relationship with Skipper, which drives his alcoholism and marital conflict. However, due to 1950s censorship, this is never explicitly stated, instead framed as an intense male friendship. The narrative explores themes of guilt and repression without directly affirming or denigrating queer identity, resulting in an ambiguous and incidental portrayal.
The film critiques the performative and hypocritical aspects of Christian morality, particularly through characters like Mae, Gooper, and the ineffectual Reverend Tooker. It exposes how religious adherence can be used for social climbing, judgment, and to mask deeper personal and familial 'mendacity'.
The 1958 film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" does not feature any transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on family drama, mendacity, and repressed sexuality, primarily dealing with themes of homosexuality and marital discord. Therefore, there is no depiction of transsexual identity to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1958 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" maintains the established genders of all its major characters from the original source material. No characters canonically established as one gender are portrayed as a different gender in this film.
The 1958 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play features characters portrayed by actors whose race aligns with the established canon of the source material. No character canonically established as one race is depicted as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.9
7.7
Critic Ratings
9.7
8.4
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