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The Sugarland Express (1974)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.1
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Overview

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: Low

Overview

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

The film focuses on the human drama of desperate parents attempting to reclaim their child, portraying the state as an impersonal, overwhelming force without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or solution, thus remaining neutral.

The film features a predominantly white cast, consistent with its 1970s rural Texas setting, and does not include intentional race or gender swaps of traditional roles. The narrative focuses on a character-driven crime drama without critiquing traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

The Sugarland Express does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a heterosexual couple's desperate journey, therefore, there is no LGBTQ+ portrayal to evaluate within the film's content.

The film "The Sugarland Express" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative is solely centered on a couple's desperate journey to reclaim their child, thus rendering the portrayal of transsexual identity as N/A.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film is based on a true story, and its main characters, Lou Jean Poplin and Clovis Michael Poplin, accurately reflect the genders of their real-life counterparts, Ila Fae Dent and Robert Dent. No established characters were portrayed with a different gender.

The film is based on a true story from 1969 involving real individuals whose races were accurately reflected by the casting in the 1974 movie. There are no instances where a character's established race was changed.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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6.7
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6.6

Critic Ratings

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8.7
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6.5

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