6.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Magnificent Scoundrels (1991)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.3
Overview
Valentino is a mediocre con artist who crosses paths with Kwan, a fellow con artist. Together, they impersonate various people and create numerous schemes to make money. Meanwhile, gangsters are making a scheme of their own.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Valentino is a mediocre con artist who crosses paths with Kwan, a fellow con artist. Together, they impersonate various people and create numerous schemes to make money. Meanwhile, gangsters are making a scheme of their own.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central narrative focuses on individual characters navigating deception, class differences, and personal growth to find genuine love, rather than promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies or advocating for systemic change.
This 1991 Hong Kong comedy features a cast predominantly of East Asian actors, which is traditional for its cultural origin and does not involve race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, consistent with its genre and era, without explicit DEI critiques.
Secondary
The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a con artist's schemes and romantic entanglements, with no elements related to queer identity, resulting in an N/A rating for LGBTQ+ portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Magnificent Scoundrels (1991) is an original film production and does not adapt characters from pre-existing source material, previous installments, or historical records. Consequently, there are no characters whose gender was established prior to this film.
This 1991 Hong Kong comedy film features original characters created for the production. There is no prior source material or historical context establishing any character as a different race than portrayed by the East Asian cast.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.0
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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