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The Whale (2022)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.9
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Overview

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.


Starring Cast


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative

Overview

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.


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 human themes of grief, self-destruction, and the search for personal redemption through empathy and authentic connection. It avoids promoting any specific political ideology, instead centering on individual human struggle and relational solutions.

The movie includes visible diversity in its supporting cast, though it does not feature explicit racial or gender recasting of traditionally white roles. The narrative centers on deeply personal struggles and relationships, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its core message.

Secondary

The film portrays Charlie, a gay man, with profound empathy and complexity, centering his grief over his deceased partner as the catalyst for his self-destruction. His same-sex relationship is treated with dignity and significance, affirming the worth of his love and identity despite his tragic circumstances.

The film portrays a fundamentalist Christian church as a source of immense psychological suffering and self-loathing, particularly for its gay adherents. Through the tragic story of Alan and the conflicted journey of Thomas, the narrative critiques the church's judgmental doctrines and their destructive impact on individuals.

The film "The Whale" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on a cisgender man's struggles with grief, health, and his estranged daughter, following the death of his male partner.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film "The Whale" is a direct adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter's 2012 play. All major characters, including Charlie, Ellie, Liz, Thomas, and Mary, maintain the same gender as established in the original source material. No characters were depicted with a different gender than their canonical portrayal.

The film adapts a play where character races were not explicitly defined. While some roles were cast with actors of different racial backgrounds than original stage productions, no character was canonically, historically, or widely established as a specific race in the source material that was then changed.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.6
The Movie Database logo
7.8

Critic Ratings

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6.4
Metacritic logo
6.0

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