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Shazam! (2019)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.5
Shazam! poster

Overview

A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: High

Overview

A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

HBO Max logoHBO Max
Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film focuses on universal themes of family, belonging, and the responsible use of power, presenting a humanistic narrative that avoids explicit political alignment. Its emphasis on found family and communal support balances with themes of individual responsibility, resulting in a neutral stance.

The film incorporates significant diversity through the intentional casting of a multi-ethnic foster family who become integral to the heroic Shazam team. However, its narrative maintains a traditional superhero framing, focusing on a white male protagonist without critiquing traditional identities.

Secondary

Shazam! does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on Billy Batson's journey as a foster child gaining superpowers and forming a family bond, without incorporating any queer identities or storylines.

The film "Shazam!" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a young boy gaining superpowers and finding a family, without engaging with topics of gender identity or transsexual experiences.

Female characters, such as Mary Bromfield and Darla Dudley in their Shazam-powered forms, engage in combat against male-presenting super-entities (the Seven Deadly Sins). However, their victories are achieved solely through the use of their overwhelming superpowers (super strength, speed, etc.), rather than through skill, martial arts, or non-superpowered physical prowess.

All major characters in "Shazam!" (2019) maintain the same gender as their established comic book counterparts. No character canonically, historically, or widely established as one gender is portrayed on screen as a different gender.

The film's main characters, Billy Batson, Freddy Freeman, and Mary Bromfield, maintain their established comic book races. The diverse foster family members (Darla, Pedro, Eugene) are consistent with their New 52 comic depictions. While the Wizard Shazam is portrayed by a Black actor, his canonical race was not explicitly or unambiguously defined as white in the source material.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.0
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
9.0
Metacritic logo
7.1

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