5.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.3
Overview
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a true story based on the crash of Air Florida flight 90 on January 13, 1982 in Washington D.C. This movie follows the main players throughout the day, with a lot of care taken to re-create what actually went wrong, who died, and who survived. There is a lot of actual footage from the day, as well as accurate representations of aircraft type and airline.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a true story based on the crash of Air Florida flight 90 on January 13, 1982 in Washington D.C. This movie follows the main players throughout the day, with a lot of care taken to re-create what actually went wrong, who died, and who survived. There is a lot of actual footage from the day, as well as accurate representations of aircraft type and airline.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's dramatization of a real-life plane crash and rescue focuses on universal themes of human resilience, individual heroism, and the effectiveness of emergency response, rather than promoting any specific political ideology, thus maintaining a neutral stance.
This 1984 disaster film features traditional casting without intentional race or gender swaps of roles. Its narrative focuses on the real-life event, portraying traditional identities neutrally or positively, consistent with the genre and period, rather than incorporating explicit DEI critiques.
Secondary
The film portrays Christianity as a source of comfort and strength for characters grappling with the trauma and loss of the disaster. Expressions of faith, prayer, and seeking solace in religious belief are depicted as genuine and affirming human responses to tragedy, without critique from the narrative.
The film 'Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac' focuses on the historical disaster and its immediate aftermath. There are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present in the narrative, resulting in a 'N/A' rating for LGBTQ+ portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is a docudrama based on the real-life Air Florida Flight 90 crash. All depicted historical figures, whose genders are well-documented, are portrayed by actors of the same gender in the film.
This 1984 docudrama portrays real historical figures involved in the Air Florida Flight 90 crash. Research indicates that the actors cast for key roles matched the race of the actual individuals they depicted, with no instances of a character established as one race being portrayed as another.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.9
4.7
Critic Ratings
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