6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Money Heist (2017)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.5
Overview
To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizing every step, every detail, every probability - culminate in eleven days locked up in the National Coinage and Stamp Factory of Spain, surrounded by police forces and with dozens of hostages in their power, to find out whether their suicide wager will lead to everything or nothing.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive
Female Combat: Yes
Overview
To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizing every step, every detail, every probability - culminate in eleven days locked up in the National Coinage and Stamp Factory of Spain, surrounded by police forces and with dozens of hostages in their power, to find out whether their suicide wager will lead to everything or nothing.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
Money Heist explicitly promotes a clearly left-leaning ideology by framing its protagonists as "resistance" fighters against a corrupt capitalist system and state, with the central conflict being a direct challenge to established financial and governmental power structures.
The movie features a visibly diverse ensemble cast in terms of gender and various backgrounds, creating an inclusive group of characters. Its narrative, however, centers on an anti-establishment crime story and does not explicitly critique traditional identities, maintaining a neutral or positive framing for them.
Secondary
Money Heist offers a positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters. Palermo and Helsinki are central figures whose queer identities are depicted with dignity, complexity, and agency. Their relationships and emotional arcs are integral to the narrative, contributing significantly to the show's themes of love, loss, and found family without relying on stereotypes or problematic tropes.
Money Heist features Manila, a trans woman, as a significant member of the heist crew. Her character is depicted with dignity, complexity, and agency, contributing actively to the plot. The show integrates her trans identity respectfully into her backstory and relationships, without it being a source of mockery or central conflict. The portrayal is affirming, focusing on her skills and personal journey.
The show features Manila, a member of the heist crew, who engages in and wins a direct physical confrontation against a male opponent, Arturo Román, through hand-to-hand combat.
Money Heist is an original series, not an adaptation or reboot of pre-existing material. All characters were created specifically for the show, meaning there are no legacy characters or historical figures whose gender could have been altered from a prior established canon.
Money Heist is an original series, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a depiction of historical figures. Its characters were created for the show, meaning there is no prior canonical race to be swapped.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.2
8.2
Critic Ratings
9.4
N/A
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