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The Little Drummer Girl (2018)

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The Little Drummer Girl (2018)

Overview

Brilliant young actress Charlie strikes up an acquaintance with an intriguing stranger while on holiday in Greece, but it rapidly becomes apparent that his intentions are far from romantic.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Islam: Positive
Judaism: Positive

Viewer Rating
7.9

Overview

Brilliant young actress Charlie strikes up an acquaintance with an intriguing stranger while on holiday in Greece, but it rapidly becomes apparent that his intentions are far from romantic.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Spectrum logoSpectrum
AMC+ logoAMC+
Philo logoPhilo
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film explores the moral ambiguities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and espionage, critiquing state manipulation and humanizing individuals on both sides, which aligns with left-leaning critiques of power structures and anti-colonial narratives.

The movie features visible diversity in its cast, including a Black actress in a supporting role. However, it does not appear to explicitly recast traditionally white main roles with minority actors. The narrative focuses on geopolitical conflict and espionage, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its plot.

Secondary

The film portrays Palestinian characters and their motivations with significant nuance and depth, exploring their experiences of displacement and injustice without condemning Islam as a faith. It humanizes characters who are Muslim, showing their complex roles in the conflict.

The film portrays Israeli intelligence agents and their motivations with significant nuance and depth, exploring their historical trauma and desire for security without condemning Judaism as a faith. It humanizes characters who are Jewish, showing their complex roles in the conflict.

The 2018 adaptation of 'The Little Drummer Girl' does not feature any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on espionage and political intrigue, with romantic subplots involving heterosexual relationships. Therefore, there is no LGBTQ+ portrayal to evaluate within the series.

Currently, there is not enough information available to determine if transsexual characters or themes are present in 'The Little Drummer Girl, 2018', nor to evaluate their potential portrayal. No plot details or character arcs are provided to make an assessment.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The 2018 adaptation of John le Carré's novel maintains the canonical genders of its primary characters, including protagonist Charlie Ross and key intelligence officers. No significant gender swaps from the source material are present.

The adaptation features characters whose race aligns with their portrayal in the source novel, or whose race was not explicitly defined in the original material. No major or canonically established characters underwent a race change.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.4
The Movie Database logo
7.1

Critic Ratings

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9.5
Metacritic logo
7.5

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