7.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Matinee (1993)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.6
Overview
A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores the pervasive fear of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the role of entertainment in both exploiting and alleviating that fear. It receives a neutral rating because its central critique of fear-mongering and its proposed solution of human connection and escapism through art are largely apolitical, not explicitly promoting a specific left or right ideology.
The movie features traditional casting with a predominantly white main cast, consistent with its 1960s setting, and does not include explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative focuses on themes of nostalgia and Cold War anxieties, presenting traditional identities without critique or central DEI themes.
Secondary
Matinee does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's narrative centers on Cold War paranoia, the magic of cinema, and adolescent experiences, without incorporating queer identities or storylines.
The film "Matinee" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on Cold War anxieties, B-movie culture, and coming-of-age experiences in the early 1960s, without engaging with transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Matinee is an original film featuring characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or legacy characters whose gender could have been altered for this movie.
Matinee (1993) is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment to establish any character's race before this film. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
6.7
Critic Ratings
9.3
N/A
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