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Enemy Mine (1985)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.4
Enemy Mine poster

Overview

A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive

Overview

A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's central narrative champions empathy and understanding over xenophobia and prejudice, as two individuals from warring species learn to transcend their conflict and form a deep bond, aligning with progressive values of inter-group harmony.

The movie includes a diverse lead actor in an alien role, contributing to visible representation. Its central narrative strongly promotes themes of tolerance and overcoming prejudice between different groups, although it does not explicitly critique traditional identities.

Secondary

Enemy Mine positively portrays themes of non-binary identity and non-traditional family through its alien character, Jerry. The film depicts Jerry with dignity and complexity, fostering a deep, platonic bond with a human and affirming the value of their unique family unit despite external challenges. It champions acceptance and understanding over prejudice.

Enemy Mine depicts an alien species (Drac) with a unique hermaphroditic biology where individuals can give birth. While this involves a male-presenting character becoming pregnant, it is a species-specific biological trait, not a portrayal of human transsexual identity or themes. The film does not engage with gender identity or social transition.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Enemy Mine is an original film and not an adaptation of pre-existing material. All characters, including the Drac species with its unique reproductive biology, were created for this movie. Therefore, no character was previously established as a different gender in prior canon.

The film features a human character and an alien character. The human character's race aligns with the source material. The alien character, being non-human, does not fall under the definition of a race swap, as the concept applies to changes between human racial categories.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.4

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.8
The Movie Database logo
6.9

Critic Ratings

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6.1
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5.9

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