6.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Fox (1967)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.3
Overview
Jill Banford and Ellen March have built a good life together on a hardscrabble Canadian farm. Then handsome Paul Grenfell enters their isolated world, and sets friend against friend. But is Paul the real trouble between Jill and Ellen? Or has his presence merely awakened the unspoken, unexplored sexual tension that always existed between the women?
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Positive
Overview
Jill Banford and Ellen March have built a good life together on a hardscrabble Canadian farm. Then handsome Paul Grenfell enters their isolated world, and sets friend against friend. But is Paul the real trouble between Jill and Ellen? Or has his presence merely awakened the unspoken, unexplored sexual tension that always existed between the women?
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by exploring female autonomy, non-normative relationships, and the destructive impact of patriarchal intrusion on individual freedom and desire, particularly for its era.
The movie features a cast that is primarily white, aligning with traditional casting practices of its era and source material. While it explores a non-traditional relationship for its time, the narrative does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on strong DEI themes.
Secondary
The Fox sensitively portrays the intimate lesbian relationship between Jill and Ellen with dignity and complexity. An intrusive male character is depicted as the external force that tragically disrupts and destroys their love. The film's empathetic stance affirms the worth of their relationship, despite its tragic conclusion.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1967 film "The Fox" is an adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's 1923 novella. The main characters—Nellie March, Jill Banford, and Henry/Paul Grenfel—retain their original genders from the source material in the film adaptation.
The film "The Fox" (1967) is an adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's 1923 novella. The primary characters, Jill Banford, Nellie March, and Henry Grenfel, were depicted as white in the source material and are portrayed by white actors in the film, indicating no race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.4
Critic Ratings
6.0
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