8.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Poor Things (2023)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.4
Overview
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive
Overview
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by critiquing capitalism, class inequality, and patriarchal control, while championing individual liberation and a drive for social improvement.
The film includes a visibly diverse cast with Black and Egyptian American actors, though their roles are noted to be limited and primarily serve the white protagonist's journey. While set in an alternate Victorian world, the narrative is criticized for not deeply engaging with issues of race and poverty, resulting in an acknowledged but underdeveloped social portrayal.
Secondary
Poor Things offers a primarily positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes through Bella's respectful and emotionally deep relationship with Toinette, a Black lesbian sex worker. Despite the queer story arc being incomplete, the film treats queer characters as significant, affirming their dignity and presence within the narrative.
Poor Things uses the character of Bella Baxter as an allegory for trans identity, exploring themes of self-creation, autonomy, and liberation. Her journey of joyful self-discovery and resistance to societal control resonates with trans narratives of self-ownership and transformation. The film celebrates self-reinvention, portraying Bella as an empowered figure and challenging negative societal perceptions, resulting in a net positive and affirming depiction of these themes.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film's characters, including protagonist Bella, maintain their original gender identities consistent with the source material. There is no indication of any character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
The film adapts a novel where main characters are consistently portrayed by actors matching their established race. The provided information explicitly states the film does not engage in race swapping of main characters.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.8
7.7
Critic Ratings
9.2
8.8
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