8.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Mean Streets (1973)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.3
Overview
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film focuses on the personal moral and spiritual struggles of its characters within a specific subculture, depicting their lives and choices without explicitly promoting or critiquing any political ideology, thus earning a neutral rating.
The movie features a cast predominantly composed of Italian-American actors, accurately reflecting its setting in Little Italy. The narrative explores the lives and moral dilemmas of its characters without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or incorporating DEI themes as a central element.
Secondary
The film deeply explores the internal moral and spiritual struggles of its Catholic characters, particularly Charlie, who grapples with sin, guilt, and the desire for redemption. While characters often fail to live up to their religious ideals, the narrative treats their faith and its accompanying torment with profound nuance and sympathy, portraying it as a significant, guiding, albeit often conflicted, force in their lives rather than something oppressive or foolish.
Mean Streets does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on male friendships, loyalty, and the criminal underworld in Little Italy, with no explicit or implicit exploration of queer identity or relationships.
Mean Streets does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The film's narrative is entirely focused on the lives and struggles of its male protagonists within the context of 1970s Little Italy, with no elements pertaining to transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Mean Streets is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which character genders could have been established and subsequently swapped.
Mean Streets is an original film with characters created specifically for its narrative. There are no pre-existing canonical characters from other media or historical figures whose race could have been altered for this adaptation.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
7.1
Critic Ratings
9.2
9.6
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