6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.7
Overview
A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Positive
Hinduism: Positive
Overview
A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
While the film addresses the left-leaning concern of prejudice against immigrants, its solution champions individual talent, hard work, and entrepreneurial success as the means to achieve acceptance and cultural blending, leading to a neutral rating.
The movie showcases significant cultural diversity through its central Indian family and their interactions with a French community. While it explores themes of cultural integration and overcoming prejudice, the narrative maintains a neutral to positive portrayal of traditional identities, focusing on mutual understanding rather than critique.
Secondary
Christianity is depicted as the background faith of the French community, contributing to their cultural identity and traditions. While initial cultural clashes occur, the film ultimately promotes harmony and mutual respect between the communities, without critiquing the Christian faith itself.
The film portrays the Kadam family's Hindu faith and cultural traditions with deep respect and warmth. It highlights how their heritage, including their vegetarianism and spiritual practices, informs their identity, resilience, and culinary artistry, ultimately celebrating their culture.
The Hundred-Foot Journey does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on cultural integration, culinary arts, and a heterosexual romance, leading to an N/A rating for LGBTQ+ portrayal.
The film "The Hundred-Foot Journey" focuses on a culinary rivalry between an Indian family's restaurant and a French establishment. The narrative does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, nor does it touch upon issues related to transgender identity. Therefore, an evaluation of its portrayal of transsexual characters is not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is a direct adaptation of the novel by Richard C. Morais. All major characters, including Hassan Kadam, Madame Mallory, and Marguerite, maintain their established genders from the source material. There are no instances of characters being portrayed as a different gender than their original conception.
The film adapts the novel where the main characters are Indian and French. The actors cast for these roles accurately reflect the established races of the characters from the source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
7.3
Critic Ratings
6.9
5.5
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