4.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Hostage for a Day (1994)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.3
Overview
Harried suburban man Warren Kooey fakes a hostage situation in order to get the money he needs to escape his humdrum life.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Harried suburban man Warren Kooey fakes a hostage situation in order to get the money he needs to escape his humdrum life.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central premise of a man staging his own kidnapping to escape domestic life is inherently apolitical and primarily serves as a vehicle for slapstick comedy, focusing on personal farce rather than societal or political commentary.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast without explicit DEI-driven casting choices. Its narrative focuses on comedic situations involving individual characters rather than offering critiques of traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Based on available information, 'Hostage for a Day' does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Consequently, its portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements is rated as N/A, indicating an absence of depiction rather than a specific positive, negative, or neutral stance.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Hostage for a Day is an original made-for-television film, not an adaptation of pre-existing source material with established characters. Therefore, no characters from prior canon or history had their gender altered for this production.
Hostage for a Day is an original made-for-television movie. There is no pre-existing source material, historical figures, or prior installments from which characters' races would have been established, thus precluding any race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.5
4.2
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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