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The Contender (2000)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.8
The Contender poster

Overview

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Trans: Neutral
Christianity: Positive

Overview

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Google Play logoGoogle Play
Fandango
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film leans left by centering on a female politician's integrity being challenged by a sexist smear campaign, highlighting gender double standards and the weaponization of personal life in politics. Its core conflict and resolution champion progressive values of equality and privacy, despite also critiquing general political opportunism.

The movie features a predominantly white cast, aligning with traditional casting practices. However, its narrative explicitly critiques misogyny and the challenges faced by a woman in a male-dominated political environment, making gender equity a central theme.

Secondary

The film features a fabricated allegation of a non-traditional sexual encounter, including a potential same-sex component, as a political smear. While this introduces the theme of non-traditional sexuality, the narrative condemns the smear campaign and its unethical tactics, not the implied act itself. There are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or affirming portrayals, resulting in a neutral net impact.

The film features a transsexual character as a catalyst for a political scandal. While her identity is exploited by political opponents to discredit the protagonist, the narrative critiques these tactics and defends the protagonist's integrity, without explicitly affirming or denigrating trans identity. The focus remains on political machinations rather than the trans experience.

The film portrays characters who weaponize 'Christian values' and moralistic rhetoric for political gain, particularly Congressman Runyon, who is depicted as hypocritical and malicious. The narrative condemns this misuse of faith and the bigotry it fuels, positioning the audience to sympathize with the victim of these attacks, Senator Laine Hanson.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The Contender is an original film with characters created specifically for its narrative. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior adaptations from which characters' genders could have been canonically established and subsequently altered.

The Contender is an original film from 2000, not an adaptation of pre-existing source material or a biopic of historical figures. Its characters were created for this specific movie, meaning there is no prior canonical or historical racial establishment to be altered.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.9
The Movie Database logo
6.7

Critic Ratings

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7.6
Metacritic logo
5.9

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