5.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Parker Adderson, Philosopher (1974)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.6
Overview
A Union prisoner-of-War, captured behind Confederate lines, and condemned to be shot,, argues with his captors about what lies beyond mortality. Adaptation on an Ambrose Bierce short story.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
A Union prisoner-of-War, captured behind Confederate lines, and condemned to be shot,, argues with his captors about what lies beyond mortality. Adaptation on an Ambrose Bierce short story.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central thesis explores the universal human struggle between philosophical detachment and primal fear when confronted with death, rather than promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies. Its focus on individual psychological and philosophical themes renders it neutral.
The film features traditional casting, aligning with its source material and production era, without explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative focuses on philosophical themes, rather than critiquing traditional identities or centering on DEI.
Secondary
The film portrays a Christian chaplain offering earnest spiritual comfort and guidance to a condemned man. While the protagonist rejects this comfort, the narrative does not frame Christianity itself as problematic, but rather as a sincere, albeit unaccepted, source of solace.
The film "Parker Adderson, Philosopher" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a philosopher facing execution, with no elements related to queer identity or experiences, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1974 film adapts Ambrose Bierce's short story. Key characters like Parker Adderson, General Clavering, and the surgeon, all male in the source material, are portrayed by male actors in the adaptation. No canonical gender changes are present.
The film adapts a short story where the characters' races were not explicitly specified or visually depicted in the source material. The casting of actors in the 1974 film does not contradict any established racial identity from the original canon.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
4.0
Critic Ratings
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