4.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Forbidden Homework (1992)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.8
Overview
A young man completing an assignment for his film class invites Marieda, a middle-aged woman, over to his aunt's house to rehearse for a drama she believes they will eventually record. But she doesn't realize that she is being videotaped since her arrival.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Christianity: Negative
Overview
A young man completing an assignment for his film class invites Marieda, a middle-aged woman, over to his aunt's house to rehearse for a drama she believes they will eventually record. But she doesn't realize that she is being videotaped since her arrival.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict, implied by the title, involves individual action against established rules, a theme that can be explored from various perspectives without inherently promoting a specific political ideology. Without specific plot details, the film is best assessed as neutral, focusing on the universal complexities of human behavior within societal constraints rather than advocating for a particular political solution.
The movie features a cast that reflects the natural diversity of its Mexican production context, without explicit DEI-driven recasting. Its narrative explores complex human relationships and sexuality, offering subtle insights into societal dynamics rather than an explicit critique of traditional identities.
Secondary
Forbidden Homework portrays a central homosexual relationship as manipulative and transgressive, focusing on power imbalances and psychological complexities. The film explores a secret, potentially exploitative dynamic between a student and his tutor, without offering affirming or positive counterbalances for queer identity.
The film implicitly critiques the repressive societal norms and hypocrisy often associated with a rigid interpretation of Catholicism in Mexico. The 'forbidden' nature of the characters' sexual acts and their internal conflicts are largely framed as a reaction against these stifling moral codes, suggesting that such religious influence can lead to repression rather than genuine moral guidance.
The film 'Forbidden Homework' centers on a young man's discovery of his uncle's secret life involving homosexuality and cross-dressing. While exploring gender expression, the narrative does not feature or explicitly address transsexual characters or themes as distinct from cross-dressing or sexual orientation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Forbidden Homework" is an original work, not an adaptation of existing material or a biopic. Therefore, there are no pre-established characters from source material or history whose gender could be swapped.
The film "Forbidden Homework" features original characters created for its narrative and its predecessor. There is no prior source material, historical record, or established canon from which a character's race could have been altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.2
4.5
Critic Ratings
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