8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Blue Collar (1978)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.0
Overview
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film explicitly critiques systemic economic exploitation by both corporations and corrupt unions, highlighting how racial divisions are deliberately fostered to prevent working-class solidarity and maintain control, aligning with a clear anti-capitalist and class-conscious perspective.
The movie features visible diversity in its main cast, portraying a multi-racial group of working-class individuals. Its narrative focuses on class struggle and systemic exploitation, addressing the challenges faced by these characters without explicitly critiquing traditional identities in a DEI-centric manner.
Secondary
Blue Collar does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's narrative is exclusively centered on the struggles of working-class individuals, union corruption, and racial dynamics within an industrial setting, with no elements pertaining to queer identity.
The film "Blue Collar" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative is exclusively focused on the socio-economic struggles and racial tensions among working-class men in the auto industry, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences present in the story.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Blue Collar is an original film from 1978, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a depiction of historical figures. Therefore, there are no characters with a prior established gender to be swapped.
Blue Collar (1978) is an original film with characters created specifically for it. There is no prior source material or historical record establishing the race of its characters before this film's production. Therefore, no character's race was changed from a previously established depiction.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.5
7.4
Critic Ratings
9.6
7.7
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