2.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Epic Movie (2007)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 2.1
Overview
When the Pevensie siblings each follow their own path, they find themselves at Willy's Chocolate Factory. Walking through a wardrobe, they discover the world of Gnarnia, ruled by the White Bitch. Meeting up with characters such as Harry Potter and Captain Jack Swallows, the newly reunited family must team up with Aslo, a wise-but-horny lion to stop the White Bitch's army.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Negative
Race Swap: Yes
Christianity: Negative
Overview
When the Pevensie siblings each follow their own path, they find themselves at Willy's Chocolate Factory. Walking through a wardrobe, they discover the world of Gnarnia, ruled by the White Bitch. Meeting up with characters such as Harry Potter and Captain Jack Swallows, the newly reunited family must team up with Aslo, a wise-but-horny lion to stop the White Bitch's army.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Epic Movie is a broad parody film that derives its humor from spoofing popular culture and other movies, completely devoid of any discernible political or ideological themes, leading to a neutral rating.
Epic Movie exhibits significant DEI characteristics primarily through its casting, which explicitly features minority actors in roles traditionally portrayed by white characters. However, the film's narrative framing of traditional identities is driven by broad comedic parody rather than an explicit DEI-focused critique.
Secondary
Epic Movie utilizes LGBTQ+ coded characters and themes predominantly for comedic ridicule. Its humor relies heavily on harmful stereotypes and exaggerated effeminate portrayals, presenting queer identity as a source of mockery rather than with dignity or respect, resulting in a net negative impact.
The film features characters like Edward Pevensie and Nacho Libre, who were canonically established as white and Mexican, respectively. In this parody, Edward is portrayed by an Indian-American actor (Kal Penn), and Nacho Libre is portrayed by a white actor (Jack Black), constituting clear race swaps.
The film parodies "The Chronicles of Narnia," which carries strong Christian allegorical themes. Its humor often trivializes or mocks these themes, reducing them to absurd gags without offering any counterbalancing respect or nuance. The narrative's overall stance is one of ridicule towards the source material's perceived seriousness.
Epic Movie does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative does not engage with transgender identity, experiences, or issues in any capacity, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
The film is a parody and features female characters primarily in comedic roles. While some characters possess superpowers or use ranged weapons, there are no scenes depicting a female character defeating male opponents in close-quarters physical combat through skill or strength.
The film parodies numerous characters from various source materials, including Narnia, Harry Potter, and Pirates of the Caribbean. In all instances, the gender of the parodied character is maintained, with no established male characters portrayed as female or vice-versa.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
2.5
3.9
Critic Ratings
0.2
1.7
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