7.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Wicked (2024)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.6
Overview
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Overview
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film presents a clear critique of authoritarianism and systemic discrimination, championing resistance and advocacy for marginalized groups, including strong LGBTQ+ subtext, which explicitly aligns with progressive ideology.
The movie features explicit racial recasting in a lead role and centers its narrative on strong critiques of authoritarianism, systemic discrimination, and social hierarchies. It explores themes of marginalization, ableism, female empowerment, and includes significant LGBTQ+ subtext, positioning these elements as central to its storytelling.
Secondary
Wicked offers a positive and affirming portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes through significant subtext, particularly in the interpreted queer love story of Elphaba and Glinda. The film embraces queerness via themes of otherness and resistance, resonating deeply with queer audiences and contributing to its cultural impact.
The 2024 film Wicked does not explicitly feature transsexual characters or directly address the transsexual community. While it explores universal themes of identity, acceptance, and being an outsider that may resonate broadly, it does not include specific transsexual storylines or portrayals, leading to a net impact of N/A for this evaluation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film adapts characters from the established 'Wicked' novel and musical, such as Elphaba, Glinda, and Fiyero. All major characters maintain the same gender as their canonical portrayals in the source material. There are no instances of a character established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender.
The source material for 'Wicked' (novel and musical) does not specify the human race of its characters. Elphaba's green skin symbolizes otherness, not a defined human race that was altered. Therefore, no characters meet the definition of a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.4
6.9
Critic Ratings
8.8
7.3
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