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Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.1
Inglourious Basterds poster

Overview

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Judaism: Positive

Overview

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.


Starring Cast


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

The film's central conflict against Nazism is universally condemned, and its highly stylized, individualistic, and violent solution, while cathartic, does not explicitly promote a specific mainstream progressive or conservative political ideology, thus earning a neutral rating.

The film features primarily traditional casting, with no explicit race or gender swaps of roles. Its narrative does not present a general critique of traditional identities, instead focusing on a specific historical conflict where both heroes and villains largely share those characteristics.

Secondary

The film portrays Jewish characters as victims of horrific persecution, whose quest for violent retribution against their Nazi oppressors is framed as righteous and justified. The narrative strongly condemns antisemitism and positions the audience to sympathize with the Jewish characters, affirming their dignity and resilience in the face of genocide.

Inglourious Basterds does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative is solely centered on World War II events, resistance, and personal vengeance against the Nazi regime, without incorporating any queer representation.

Inglourious Basterds does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative is entirely focused on World War II events, resistance, and revenge, without any elements pertaining to transgender identity or experiences.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Inglourious Basterds is an original screenplay by Quentin Tarantino. Its characters, both fictional and historical, maintain their established genders without any instances of a character canonically or historically established as one gender being portrayed as another.

Inglourious Basterds features an original screenplay by Quentin Tarantino with fictional main characters. There is no prior source material or historical canon establishing a different race for these characters. Historical figures depicted maintain their documented race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
8.4
The Movie Database logo
8.2

Critic Ratings

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8.9
Metacritic logo
6.9

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