6.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Children (2008)
The Children (2008)
Overview
An eight-year-old girl is found murdered on the patio of her home. Any one of the adults who care for her could have killed her, but which one?
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.9
Overview
An eight-year-old girl is found murdered on the patio of her home. Any one of the adults who care for her could have killed her, but which one?
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict revolves around children inexplicably turning violent, focusing on a survival horror narrative and the breakdown of societal order without promoting or critiquing any specific political ideology or offering a political solution.
The movie features a traditional cast without apparent intentional race or gender swaps of roles. The narrative does not appear to critically portray traditional identities or center explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film 'The Children, 2008' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a horror premise involving children turning violent, with no elements related to sexual orientation or gender identity being depicted or explored within the story.
Based on the available information, there is no indication of transsexual characters or themes in 'The Children, 2008'. Therefore, it is not possible to assess the film's portrayal or net impact on these themes.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Children" (2008) is an original horror movie, not an adaptation, reboot, or biopic. All characters are new creations for this specific film, meaning there are no pre-existing characters with established genders to be swapped.
The Children (2008) is an original horror film, not an adaptation of pre-existing material with established character races or a biopic of historical figures. Therefore, no characters exist who were canonically or historically established as one race and then portrayed as another.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
7.2
Critic Ratings
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