8.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.1
Overview
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Overview
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film offers an intimate, naturalistic portrayal of a young woman's first love and coming-of-age, focusing on universal themes of emotional intensity, self-discovery, and relationship complexities rather than explicit political advocacy, despite its subject matter having progressive associations.
The movie centers on a lesbian relationship, making LGBTQ+ themes central to its narrative and providing a strong counter-narrative to traditional heterosexual identities. However, its casting primarily features white characters, without explicit racial or gender identity swaps of traditionally white roles.
Secondary
Blue Is the Warmest Color offers a deeply intimate and complex portrayal of a young woman's discovery of her lesbian identity and her passionate, transformative relationship. Despite the relationship's tragic end, the film depicts their love with emotional depth and dignity, focusing on the universal challenges of relationships rather than condemning queer identity.
Blue Is the Warmest Color does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore transgender themes. The story focuses exclusively on the romantic and sexual relationship between two cisgender women, Adèle and Emma, from their initial meeting through their breakup and its aftermath.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Blue Is the Warmest Color" is an adaptation of a graphic novel. The main characters, Adèle and Emma, are female in both the source material and the film adaptation, with no changes to their established genders.
The film "Blue Is the Warmest Color" is an adaptation of a French graphic novel. The main characters, Adèle and Emma, are depicted as white in both the source material and the film, with no change in their racial portrayal.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.6
7.1
Critic Ratings
8.8
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