8.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
A Bronx Tale (1993)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.3
Overview
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Trans: Negative
Christianity: Positive
Overview
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film emphasizes individual moral choices, the importance of strong father figures, and personal responsibility in navigating a challenging environment, ultimately rejecting prejudice through individual enlightenment rather than systemic critique.
The movie features visible diversity through its depiction of an interracial relationship and a Black community, without altering traditional roles. Its narrative subtly critiques racism within a traditional community, making themes of racial prejudice and harmony central to the story.
Secondary
The film includes a scene where a character is humiliated after kissing a person in drag, which instigates a bar fight. This depiction uses gender non-conformity as a source of ridicule and conflict, lacking any positive or nuanced portrayal, contributing to a negative overall impact.
The film portrays the Catholic Church as an integral, respected institution within the Italian-American community, serving as a backdrop for life events. The narrative implicitly endorses traditional moral values, championed by the protagonist's father, which align with Christian ethics, contrasting them with the mob's violent code. The religion itself is never depicted negatively.
A Bronx Tale does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative is centered on a young man's upbringing amidst conflicting influences of his working-class father and a local mob boss, with no elements related to queer identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "A Bronx Tale" is a direct adaptation of Chazz Palminteri's one-man play. All significant characters maintain the same gender as established in the original source material, with no instances of a character canonically or historically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
The film is an adaptation of an autobiographical one-man show, depicting specific Italian-American and Black communities in the Bronx. All major characters are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established or implied race from the source material and the film's setting. No character's race was changed from a prior canon or historical record.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.8
7.9
Critic Ratings
9.7
8.0
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