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The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.1
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Overview

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Negative

Overview

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's central thesis explicitly critiques systemic abuse by traditional religious institutions and the oppression of women, aligning with progressive ideology through its focus on human rights and liberation.

The movie features a cast that accurately reflects the demographics of its 1960s Irish setting. However, its narrative strongly critiques traditional patriarchal and religious institutions, explicitly portraying them as oppressive forces against young women and making the struggle against systemic injustice a central theme.

Secondary

The film portrays the Catholic Church's institutions, specifically the Magdalene Laundries, as fundamentally oppressive, cruel, and hypocritical. It depicts nuns and priests inflicting severe physical and psychological abuse on young women, with the narrative offering no significant counterbalancing positive portrayal of these institutions or their actions.

The Magdalene Sisters depicts the brutal experiences of young women confined to Magdalene laundries in Ireland for perceived 'sins.' The narrative primarily focuses on systemic abuse and the women's struggle for freedom. It does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, centering instead on the oppression of women within a heteronormative societal and religious framework.

The film "The Magdalene Sisters" focuses on the experiences of young cisgender women incarcerated in Magdalene asylums in Ireland. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present within the narrative, making the portrayal N/A.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film depicts the experiences of young women in the historical Magdalene asylums. All central characters and historical figures represented maintain their established female gender, with no instances of a character canonically or historically established as one gender being portrayed as another.

The Magdalene Sisters is a historical drama set in mid-20th century Ireland, depicting the experiences of women in Magdalene asylums. The characters are fictionalized but represent real historical figures who would have been white Irish women. All main characters are portrayed by white actors, consistent with the historical context and demographics.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.7
The Movie Database logo
7.4

Critic Ratings

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9.1
Metacritic logo
8.3

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