5.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage (1990)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.7
Overview
Movie version of the original TV series follows the show's format of multiple stories blended together. The lead story involves the ship's bookkeeper who becomes the driver by accident for a trio of jewel thieves. A suspended police lieutenant trails the group onto the boat in disguise. The ship's captain, reclusive since his wife's death, is pushed by his daughter to return to the hotel in Bermuda where the couple originally honeymooned. The new cruise director sets her eyes on a passenger who is a TV star, but another ship employee is interested in her. Doc has to care for the pregnant wife of the ship's chief executive.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Movie version of the original TV series follows the show's format of multiple stories blended together. The lead story involves the ship's bookkeeper who becomes the driver by accident for a trio of jewel thieves. A suspended police lieutenant trails the group onto the boat in disguise. The ship's captain, reclusive since his wife's death, is pushed by his daughter to return to the hotel in Bermuda where the couple originally honeymooned. The new cruise director sets her eyes on a passenger who is a TV star, but another ship employee is interested in her. Doc has to care for the pregnant wife of the ship's chief executive.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film is rated 0 as it focuses on universal, apolitical themes of romance, personal connection, and family reconciliation, resolving interpersonal conflicts through individual choices and communication without engaging with broader political or ideological issues.
The movie features a visibly diverse cast, consistent with the established ensemble of 'The Love Boat' series, but does not engage in explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative maintains a traditional framing, focusing on lighthearted romantic themes without explicit critique of traditional identities or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The film, a reunion special for The Love Boat series, does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses exclusively on heterosexual romantic relationships and lighthearted drama, consistent with the franchise's typical content from its era, resulting in no LGBTQ+ portrayal to evaluate.
The film "The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on various romantic storylines typical of the series, without incorporating transgender identities or experiences into its plot.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This TV movie is a continuation of "The Love Boat" series. All returning legacy characters, such as Captain Stubing, Doc, Isaac, Julie, and Vicki, maintain their established genders from the original show. No character canonically established as one gender is portrayed as a different gender.
This film is a continuation of 'The Love Boat' series, featuring the original cast in their established roles. No legacy characters who were canonically, historically, or widely established as one race were portrayed on screen as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
5.0
Critic Ratings
N/A
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