7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Silent Movie (1976)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.2
Overview
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film primarily functions as a comedic satire of the film industry and an underdog story, rather than promoting a specific political ideology. While it features a critique of corporate greed, the narrative's solution is individualistic and market-based, balancing any potential left-leaning themes.
The movie features a predominantly white cast typical of its production era, without any explicit race or gender swaps of traditional roles. Its comedic narrative does not critique or negatively frame traditional identities, nor does it center on diversity, equity, or inclusion themes.
Secondary
The film portrays a convent of nuns with gentle humor and respect. Their faith and practices are not ridiculed, and the characters are depicted sympathetically, aligning with the virtues of their religious life rather than satirizing it negatively.
Silent Movie does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's comedic plot revolves around a director's efforts to make a silent movie, focusing on slapstick humor and satire of the Hollywood industry without engaging with queer identity or experiences.
The film "Silent Movie" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a director's attempt to make a silent film in Hollywood, with humor derived from slapstick and parodies of the film industry, without engaging with transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Silent Movie is an original film by Mel Brooks. Its characters were created for this specific movie and do not have prior canonical or historical gender baselines from which to be swapped.
Silent Movie is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose race could have been altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.5
Critic Ratings
7.9
7.5
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