HBO MaxLimelight (1952)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.3
Overview
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
HBO Max
Apple TVBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
HBO MaxApple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Limelight explores universal humanistic themes of aging, despair, and the redemptive power of human connection and art, offering solutions rooted in individual compassion and resilience rather than political ideology or systemic critique.
The movie features a cast consistent with traditional casting practices of its era, without intentional race or gender swaps. Its narrative explores universal human themes of art, aging, and connection, and does not engage in critique or promotion of modern DEI themes or traditional identities.
Secondary
Limelight is a drama centered on the platonic and unrequited romantic relationship between an aging male comedian and a young female ballerina. The narrative does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes, focusing instead on heterosexual dynamics and universal themes of art, despair, and companionship.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Limelight is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing source materials, prior installments, or historical figures whose established genders could have been altered.
Limelight is an original film from 1952, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic of historical figures. There are no prior canonical or historical racial baselines for its characters to be compared against, thus no race swap can be identified.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
8.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
8.0
7.9
Critic Ratings
8.8
8.4
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