6.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Aniara (2019)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.4
Overview
A ship carrying settlers to a new home on Mars after Earth is rendered uninhabitable is knocked off-course, causing the passengers to consider their place in the universe.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Gender Swap: Yes
Overview
A ship carrying settlers to a new home on Mars after Earth is rendered uninhabitable is knocked off-course, causing the passengers to consider their place in the universe.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's left-leaning rating is primarily driven by its foundational premise of an Earth destroyed by human environmental neglect and its implicit critique of consumerism as a false solace, leading to a bleak exploration of humanity's existential despair.
The movie features a visibly diverse cast, portraying a future society where various ethnicities are present among the crew and passengers. The narrative explores themes of human nature, environmental consequences, and existential crisis, focusing on universal human struggles rather than explicitly critiquing or highlighting traditional identities or specific DEI themes.
Secondary
Aniara features a central lesbian relationship between protagonist Mimaroben and Isagel, a pilot. Their love is depicted with dignity, complexity, and as a significant emotional anchor amidst the ship's existential crisis. The narrative treats their relationship as a normal human connection, with its challenges and tragic end stemming from the universal despair of their situation, not their queer identity. This portrayal is affirming of LGBTQ+ lives and love.
The film adapts Harry Martinson's epic poem, where the central character, the Mimaroben, is canonically male. In the movie, the Mimaroben is portrayed as female, constituting a gender swap.
The film "Aniara" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on existential dread and the human condition aboard a spaceship, without engaging with transgender identity in any capacity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Aniara is an adaptation of a 1956 Swedish epic poem. The characters in the source material do not have explicitly defined or visually unambiguous racial characteristics, meaning no established race could be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
6.1
Critic Ratings
7.0
6.1
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