6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Life on Top (2009)
Life on Top (2009)
Overview
Based on a novel by Clara Darling, about a college grad who heads to a big city looking for work and discovers her older sister, who's been living there for years, is a model.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.6
Overview
Based on a novel by Clara Darling, about a college grad who heads to a big city looking for work and discovers her older sister, who's been living there for years, is a model.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's central subject matter revolves around personal relationships and desires, which are explored in an apolitical manner, devoid of explicit ideological promotion or critique, resulting in a neutral rating.
The movie features a cast that includes visible diversity, typical for its genre, without explicitly recasting traditional roles for DEI purposes. Its narrative focuses on its primary adult themes, maintaining a neutral stance on traditional identities and not incorporating explicit social commentary or DEI critiques.
Secondary
Life on Top consistently features lesbian and bisexual relationships as a natural and desired aspect of its characters' lives. The series portrays these relationships with agency and without negative judgment, thereby offering a net positive impact through its normalization and validation of queer identities and experiences.
The series 'Life on Top' does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or explore related themes. Its narrative primarily focuses on the romantic and sexual relationships of its cisgender female protagonists, resulting in no relevant portrayal to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Life on Top is an original series, not an adaptation of existing material. All characters are new creations for the show, meaning there is no prior canonical or historical gender to be swapped from.
Life on Top is an original series from 2009. Its characters were created for the show and do not have pre-established canonical or historical racial identities from prior source material, previous installments, or real-world history. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.7
Critic Ratings
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