7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.0
Overview
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central themes of imagination, belief, and overcoming apathy are universal and apolitical, with the solution emphasizing individual agency rather than systemic or collective action, leading to a neutral rating.
The movie features traditional casting with a predominantly white cast and no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, without incorporating any explicit DEI critiques or themes.
Secondary
The NeverEnding Story does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is entirely focused on a young boy's escape into a fantasy world and the adventures within it, rendering the portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements as not applicable.
The NeverEnding Story is a fantasy adventure film that does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a boy's journey through a magical book, with no elements pertaining to transgender identity or experiences.
The film features the Childlike Empress and Urgl as significant female characters. However, neither character engages in direct physical combat with any opponents, male or otherwise. No female character is depicted winning a close-quarters physical fight against one or more male opponents.
The 1984 film adaptation of "The NeverEnding Story" maintains the established genders of all major characters from Michael Ende's original novel. No characters canonically, historically, or widely established as one gender were portrayed as a different gender in the movie.
The film adapts characters from a novel where Atreyu is described as green-skinned. The film portrays him as a human character played by an actor of Native American descent. This is an interpretation of a fantastical race, not a swap between established human racial categories.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
7.2
Critic Ratings
8.4
4.9
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