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The Mouse and the Motorcycle (1986)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.2
The Mouse and the Motorcycle poster

Overview

It looks like young Keith Gridley will have a lonely summer, until he meets a talking mouse named Ralph. Ralph takes an immediate liking to Keith's toy motorcycle and can ride it just by making a motor noise. Ralph even acts heroically when Keith comes down with a nasty fever, while dodging cats, owls and a guest's noisy dog.


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Bias Dimensions


Political: Center
Diversity: Low

Overview

It looks like young Keith Gridley will have a lonely summer, until he meets a talking mouse named Ralph. Ralph takes an immediate liking to Keith's toy motorcycle and can ride it just by making a motor noise. Ralph even acts heroically when Keith comes down with a nasty fever, while dodging cats, owls and a guest's noisy dog.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Fandango
Prime Video logoPrime Video
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

The film is an apolitical children's story centered on universal themes of adventure, friendship, and personal responsibility, without engaging in any explicit political discourse or promoting specific ideological viewpoints.

This film features traditional casting consistent with its source material and production era, without intentional race or gender swaps. The narrative focuses on a classic children's adventure, presenting traditional identities neutrally or positively without incorporating explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

The film "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a young boy and a mouse, focusing on themes of friendship, adventure, and responsibility, without any elements related to queer identity.

The film focuses on the adventures of a male mouse and a human boy. There are no female characters depicted engaging in physical combat against any opponents, male or otherwise, throughout the movie.

The 1986 film adaptation of Beverly Cleary's novel "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" maintains the established genders of all its main characters from the source material. No canonical characters were portrayed as a different gender.

The film adapts Beverly Cleary's novel, where the human characters, particularly the Gridley family, are consistently depicted as white in the source material's illustrations. The 1986 movie portrays these characters with white actors, maintaining the established racial depiction.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.2

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.1
The Movie Database logo
5.3

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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