5.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Rowing with the Wind (1988)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.8
Overview
In the summer of 1816, Percy Shelley, his mistress Mary, and her stepsister Claire visit Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Byron challenges each to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, Frankenstein. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six years, as tragedy befalls those around her, she believes the personification of her imagination is the cause. Against this backdrop, Claire has Byron's baby then is estranged from him and barred from her daughter. Byron and Percy continue their friendship, the one self-centered and decadent, the other wildly idealistic. The Shelleys take up residence near Pisa.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Negative
Overview
In the summer of 1816, Percy Shelley, his mistress Mary, and her stepsister Claire visit Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Byron challenges each to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, Frankenstein. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six years, as tragedy befalls those around her, she believes the personification of her imagination is the cause. Against this backdrop, Claire has Byron's baby then is estranged from him and barred from her daughter. Byron and Percy continue their friendship, the one self-centered and decadent, the other wildly idealistic. The Shelleys take up residence near Pisa.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film is a historical drama focused on the personal lives and creative processes of 19th-century Romantic poets, exploring themes of creation, ambition, and the supernatural without engaging in contemporary political discourse or advocating for specific ideological solutions.
The movie features traditional casting for its historical European literary figures, with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on the personal and creative lives of these characters without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
The film includes Lord Byron, a historically bisexual character, whose relationships with both men and women are depicted. While homoerotic undertones are present, particularly in his bond with Shelley, the narrative integrates these aspects into his complex, unconventional persona without explicitly affirming or denigrating LGBTQ+ identity. The portrayal is factual to the historical figure but not a central theme for LGBTQ+ exploration.
The film implicitly portrays Christianity as the prevailing societal and moral framework, against which the protagonists' radical ideas and actions, such as the creation of Frankenstein, are contrasted. The narrative explores the tension between their transgressive creativity and these traditional religious norms, often framing the latter as a restrictive force to be defied.
Rowing with the Wind (1988) is a biographical drama centered on Mary Shelley and the Romantic poets. The film does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or explore themes related to transsexual identity, resulting in no depiction.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film portrays historical figures Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Lord Byron, as well as Frankenstein's Monster, consistent with their established historical or canonical genders. No characters are depicted with a different gender than their source material or real-world history.
The film portrays historical figures such as Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Lord Byron. All major characters are depicted by actors of the same race as their historical counterparts, with no instances of a race swap identified.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.8
5.7
Critic Ratings
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