7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021)
Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021)
Overview
A filmmaker heads to Hollywood in the early ’90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge — and kittens.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Neutral
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.0
Overview
A filmmaker heads to Hollywood in the early ’90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge — and kittens.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film critiques the predatory power dynamics and exploitation of women within the Hollywood industry, centering on a female protagonist's visceral, supernatural quest for revenge against her abusers. This narrative aligns with progressive themes of systemic critique and female agency.
The series features visible diversity within its cast, including a Latina actress in the lead role. The narrative explicitly critiques traditional male power structures, portraying a white male character negatively as a central antagonist in a story focused on exploitation and revenge.
Secondary
The series features Lisa Nova, a bisexual protagonist whose relationships with both men and women are depicted. Her sexuality is presented as a natural part of her identity within the show's dark and surreal plot. The portrayal avoids making her identity a central theme for either uplift or condemnation, integrating it neutrally into the overall narrative.
The series portrays family units as deeply dysfunctional and often abusive, with parental figures exhibiting manipulative or absent behavior. Traditional family norms are consistently undermined through themes of trauma, revenge, and occult practices.
The film does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or explore transgender themes. The story focuses on a filmmaker's supernatural quest for revenge, with no elements related to transsexual identity or experiences present in the plot or character arcs.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The series adapts its source novel without altering the established genders of its main characters, including Lisa Nova, Lou Burke, and Boro. No canonical characters are portrayed with a different gender.
The series adapts a novel where the races of its characters were not explicitly defined or widely established in the source material. The on-screen portrayals do not contradict any canonical racial identity from the original work.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
7.0
Critic Ratings
7.6
6.2
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