7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
State and Main (2000)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.2
Overview
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Trans: Negative
Overview
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film satirizes the moral compromises and absurdities of the film industry and human nature, presenting a cynical observation of its problems rather than advocating for a specific political solution or aligning with a particular ideological framework.
The movie features a traditional cast without explicit race or gender swaps of roles. Its narrative, a satire of the film industry, does not focus on or critique traditional identities in a DEI context, instead addressing general themes of ethical compromise and absurdity within Hollywood.
Secondary
The film 'State and Main' does not feature an actual transsexual character. Instead, the concept of transsexual identity is introduced as a fabricated lie by a film studio to cover up a male actor's statutory rape. This instrumentalization of trans identity as a scandalous narrative for PR manipulation, without any counterbalancing positive portrayal or critique of this framing, results in a problematic net impact.
The film "State and Main" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on the satirical portrayal of a Hollywood film crew's antics in a small town, with no elements related to queer identity present in the story.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
State and Main is an original screenplay by David Mamet, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. All characters were created for this film, thus there are no instances of characters whose gender was established differently in prior canon or history.
State and Main is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous adaptation to establish a canonical race for any character that could then be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.3
Critic Ratings
8.4
7.5
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