4.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Raintree County (1957)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.6
Overview
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative
Overview
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
While addressing politically charged topics like racial prejudice and the Civil War's devastation, the film's central narrative focuses on individual struggles and personal resilience, offering an apolitical solution centered on finding meaning within one's own life rather than advocating for systemic change.
This film, a product of its 1957 release and historical setting, features traditional casting with no evident intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative does not present explicit critiques of traditional identities, maintaining a neutral or positive framing consistent with its era.
Secondary
The film depicts a rigid, guilt-ridden form of Protestant Christianity as a significant factor in Susanna Drake's mental deterioration, highlighting how fear-based religious interpretations can be destructive rather than redemptive.
Raintree County, a historical drama set during the American Civil War, does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on heterosexual relationships and the social and political landscape of the era, resulting in no depiction of queer identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Raintree County is an adaptation of Ross Lockridge Jr.'s novel. A review of the main characters in the film and their literary counterparts reveals no instances where a character's established gender was changed for the screen.
The film adapts a novel set during the Civil War era, featuring characters whose races align with their descriptions in the source material. The central character's internal struggle with perceived Black ancestry is a plot point, not an indication of a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
6.5
Critic Ratings
1.0
N/A
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