5.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
House Calls (1978)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.5
Overview
Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film is a romantic comedy centered on personal relationships and individual professional ethics. Its mild critique of institutional incompetence is resolved through individual actions and character development, rather than advocating for a specific political ideology.
The film features a traditional cast with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative, typical of a romantic comedy from the late 1970s, does not critically portray traditional identities or incorporate explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film 'House Calls' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is centered on heterosexual romance and hospital-related events, resulting in no depiction of queer identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
House Calls (1978) is an original film, not an adaptation of pre-existing material. All characters were created for this specific movie, meaning there is no prior canon from which a character's gender could have been swapped.
The film "House Calls" (1978) is an original production and not an adaptation of existing material or a biopic. Therefore, its characters do not have a pre-established race from a prior canon or historical record to be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
6.6
Critic Ratings
3.8
4.9
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