8.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Sleuth (1972)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.2
Overview
A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Judaism: Positive
Overview
A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central focus on individual psychological conflict, ego, and the blurring lines between reality and game, rather than explicit political advocacy or critique, leads to a neutral rating.
The film features an exclusively white, male cast, reflecting traditional casting practices of its era. Its narrative centers on the psychological conflict between two men, without critiquing traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Sleuth contains strong homoerotic subtext within the psychological games played by its two male leads. This subtext adds depth to their complex power struggle and fascination with each other. However, as it remains an unstated undercurrent rather than an explicit depiction of LGBTQ+ identity, the overall portrayal is considered neutral, neither affirming nor denigrating.
The film portrays antisemitic remarks and stereotypes used by the villainous character, Andrew Wyke, as a tool for psychological torture. The narrative unequivocally condemns Andrew's bigotry, positioning the audience to sympathize with the victim and to be repulsed by the prejudice, thereby affirming the dignity of the faith.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1972 film "Sleuth" is a direct adaptation of the 1970 play by Anthony Shaffer. All named characters, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle, retain their original male genders from the source material. No character established as one gender in the play is portrayed as a different gender in the film.
The 1972 film "Sleuth" is an adaptation of the 1970 play of the same name. The two main characters, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle, were portrayed by white actors Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine, respectively. There is no evidence that these characters were canonically, historically, or widely established as a different race in the source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.9
7.7
Critic Ratings
8.9
N/A
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