6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.5
Overview
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
Starring Cast
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Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Trans: Neutral
Overview
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film primarily functions as a procedural thriller that exposes the pervasive nature and often bureaucratic incompetence of government surveillance, without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or offering a partisan solution. Its critique of government overreach and privacy invasion is presented more as an observational warning rather than an ideologically driven call to action.
The movie features a predominantly white cast typical of its era, without intentional race or gender swaps of traditional roles. Its narrative focuses on a crime thriller plot, and it does not critically portray traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The Anderson Tapes features Ingrid, a transsexual woman, as a minor character whose identity is revealed through surveillance. The film presents this as a factual discovery, depicting the varied reactions of the male observers, which reflect early 1970s societal attitudes. Her identity is not central to the plot, nor is it used for explicit mockery or affirmation, resulting in a largely incidental portrayal.
The Anderson Tapes does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative is solely focused on a criminal heist and the extensive surveillance surrounding it, rendering the LGBTQ+ portrayal N/A.
The film focuses on a male-led criminal enterprise and surveillance. No female characters are depicted engaging in or winning close-quarters physical combat against male opponents. Their roles do not involve direct physical confrontation.
The film is an adaptation of Lawrence Sanders' 1970 novel. A review of the main and supporting characters in both the source material and the film reveals no instances where a character's established gender was changed for the screen adaptation.
The film "The Anderson Tapes" (1971) is an adaptation of a 1970 novel. There is no evidence that any character was canonically, historically, or widely established as one race in the source material and then portrayed as a different race in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.2
Critic Ratings
7.5
6.1
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