7.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Bad Education (2004)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.9
Overview
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Overview
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly critiques the Catholic Church's systemic cover-up of child sexual abuse and explores complex themes of gender identity and non-normative sexual orientation, aligning its core narrative with progressive ideology.
The movie features a primarily white/Spanish cast without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. However, its narrative strongly critiques traditional male authority figures and institutions, particularly the Catholic Church, through its central themes of abuse and the exploration of homosexual and transgender identities.
Secondary
The film delves into the complex lives of gay characters, exploring themes of abuse, identity, and memory. While the narrative is dark and features tragic outcomes, it portrays its LGBTQ+ characters with depth and agency, critically framing external forces like clerical abuse as the source of suffering rather than queer identity itself.
Bad Education offers a deeply complex and empathetic portrayal of a transsexual character, Zahara. While her life is marked by trauma, manipulation, and morally ambiguous actions, the film grants her significant agency and dignity, framing her struggles as consequences of external abuse rather than her identity. The narrative affirms her humanity and desires.
The film portrays the Catholic Church and its institutions as deeply corrupt and hypocritical, facilitating and covering up the sexual abuse of minors by priests. The narrative offers no significant counterbalancing positive portrayal, instead focusing on the devastating long-term impact of this institutional failure on the characters' lives.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Bad Education is an original screenplay by Pedro Almodóvar, not an adaptation of existing material or a biopic. All characters, including those exploring gender identity, were created specifically for this film, thus precluding any gender swaps from prior established canon or history.
Bad Education (2004) is an original film by Pedro Almodóvar. All characters were created specifically for this movie, meaning there is no prior canonical or historical race established for any character to be altered from. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.4
7.4
Critic Ratings
8.8
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