8.8
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Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Lonesome Dove (1989)
Lonesome Dove (1989)
Overview
A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
8.8
Overview
A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film champions rugged individualism, self-reliance, and a strong sense of duty and loyalty, portraying the challenges and virtues of the fading American frontier. Its narrative emphasizes personal character and perseverance over systemic critiques or social change.
The film includes visible diversity through a prominent Black actor in a key role. Its narrative maintains a traditional framing of identities, offering no explicit critique of white or male characters.
Secondary
The narrative emphasizes loyalty, responsibility, and enduring bonds, both biological and chosen, within a frontier setting that largely adheres to traditional gender roles. While depicting the complexities of family life and unconventional partnerships, the film generally frames stable relationships and mutual support positively without critiquing traditional norms.
The film explores themes of morality, sin, and redemption within a broadly Christian cultural framework. While individual characters exhibit flaws and question conventional piety, the narrative ultimately aligns with virtues such as loyalty, compassion, and sacrifice, which resonate with Christian ethics. The portrayal offers nuance, depicting the human struggle to uphold moral codes in a harsh world rather than condemning the faith itself.
The film does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on the adventures and relationships of its primary characters within a traditional Western setting, without exploring queer identities or experiences.
Lonesome Dove does not feature any transsexual characters or themes. The story centers on the journey of Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, two former Texas Rangers, as they embark on a cattle drive from Texas to Montana, exploring themes of friendship, hardship, and the American West.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The miniseries Lonesome Dove faithfully adapts its source material, portraying all major characters with the same gender as established in the original novel. No instances of gender swapping are present.
The miniseries adapts the novel 'Lonesome Dove.' Key characters such as Augustus McCrae, Woodrow F. Call, and Joshua Deets are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established depictions in the source material. No character's race was altered from the original canon.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.6
7.9
Critic Ratings
9.8
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