6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
ALF (1986)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.5
Overview
A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film (TV show) is a family sitcom primarily focused on comedic situations arising from an alien living with a suburban family. While it features themes of accepting the 'other' and mild government skepticism, these are balanced by a strong emphasis on traditional family values and are presented as plot devices rather than explicit ideological statements, leading to a neutral rating.
The movie features primarily traditional casting with a white, mainstream family as its central human characters. The narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, consistent with a family sitcom, and does not incorporate explicit DEI critiques.
Secondary
The television series 'ALF' does not contain any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. As a product of its time and genre, the show's narrative scope did not include such portrayals, resulting in no net impact on LGBTQ+ representation.
The television series "ALF" (1986) does not depict any transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the comedic situations arising from an alien living with a suburban family, with no elements related to transgender identity present in its storylines.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
ALF is an original sitcom from 1986-1990, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a reboot of legacy characters. All characters were created for this series, thus there are no instances of a character's gender being changed from a prior canonical or historical establishment.
ALF is an original television series from 1986, not an adaptation or reboot of existing characters. All main characters were created for this show, establishing their race for the first time. Therefore, no character's race was changed from a prior canonical or historical depiction.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.4
7.7
Critic Ratings
N/A
4.4
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