6.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.1
Overview
After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Female Combat: Yes
Race Swap: Yes
Overview
After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film subtly aligns with progressive values through its embrace of diverse representation, non-traditional family structures, and a critique of indifferent power, while its central narrative focuses on the apolitical themes of love and grief.
The movie demonstrates significant DEI through explicit racial and LGBTQ+ recasting of a traditionally white-coded role. While DEI themes are present, the narrative does not explicitly portray traditional identities negatively as central to its critique.
Secondary
Thor: Love and Thunder offers a net positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes, primarily through the affirming depiction of Korg's loving same-sex relationship and family. While other queer identities are more incidentally acknowledged, the film avoids negative stereotypes and presents these elements with dignity and acceptance.
The film features Valkyrie and Jane Foster (Mighty Thor) engaging in direct physical combat against multiple male opponents. Both characters are shown to be victorious using melee weapons and combat skills in close-quarters encounters.
The character Valkyrie (Brunnhilde), traditionally depicted as white in Marvel Comics, is portrayed by a Black actress (Tessa Thompson) in the film, constituting a race swap.
The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. While it includes LGBTQ+ representation through characters like Valkyrie and Korg's family, these depictions do not pertain to transsexual identity or experiences.
No established character from the source material or previous installments has their gender changed in this film. Jane Foster, a female character, takes on the mantle of Mighty Thor, which is an adaptation of a comic storyline where she becomes a version of Thor, not a gender swap of Thor Odinson himself.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.1
6.4
Critic Ratings
6.3
5.7
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