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Sleuth (1972)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.2
Sleuth poster

Overview

A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.


Starring Cast

Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Judaism: Positive

Overview

A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

The film's central focus on individual psychological conflict, ego, and the blurring lines between reality and game, rather than explicit political advocacy or critique, leads to a neutral rating.

The film features an exclusively white, male cast, reflecting traditional casting practices of its era. Its narrative centers on the psychological conflict between two men, without critiquing traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

The film portrays antisemitic remarks and stereotypes used by the villainous character, Andrew Wyke, as a tool for psychological torture. The narrative unequivocally condemns Andrew's bigotry, positioning the audience to sympathize with the victim and to be repulsed by the prejudice, thereby affirming the dignity of the faith.

Sleuth does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a complex game of cat and mouse between two men, exploring themes of class, masculinity, and deception rather than queer identity or experience.

Sleuth is a psychological thriller centered on two cisgender men playing elaborate games. The film contains no identifiable transsexual characters or themes, as disguises are solely plot devices for deception rather than explorations of gender identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The 1972 film "Sleuth" is a direct adaptation of the 1970 play by Anthony Shaffer. All named characters, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle, retain their original male genders from the source material. No character established as one gender in the play is portrayed as a different gender in the film.

The 1972 film "Sleuth" is an adaptation of the 1970 play of the same name. The two main characters, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle, were portrayed by white actors Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine, respectively. There is no evidence that these characters were canonically, historically, or widely established as a different race in the source material.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.2

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.9
The Movie Database logo
7.7

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
8.9
Metacritic logo
N/A

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