3.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Last Straw (1987)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 3.9
Overview
This hilarious Canadian comedy frankly and with surprising taste, chronicles the travails of Alex, the 'Most Potent Man in the World." Alex earns this title while visiting a sperm bank. There it is discovered that he has a sperm motility rate of 99.5. What that means is that women he comes in contact with, directly or through artificial insemination, stand a terrific chance of becoming pregnant. Alex is naturally proud of his gift, but unfortunately, because he is only average looking, few of the sperm bank patrons are enticed to have his babies. In order to let them known what they are missing, he hires himself a manager and appears on a radio talk show. The ploy works and he suddenly finds himself surround by women desperate to get pregnant one way or another.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
This hilarious Canadian comedy frankly and with surprising taste, chronicles the travails of Alex, the 'Most Potent Man in the World." Alex earns this title while visiting a sperm bank. There it is discovered that he has a sperm motility rate of 99.5. What that means is that women he comes in contact with, directly or through artificial insemination, stand a terrific chance of becoming pregnant. Alex is naturally proud of his gift, but unfortunately, because he is only average looking, few of the sperm bank patrons are enticed to have his babies. In order to let them known what they are missing, he hires himself a manager and appears on a radio talk show. The ploy works and he suddenly finds himself surround by women desperate to get pregnant one way or another.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film addresses the universal theme of bullying and personal empowerment through a narrative focused on a child's individual courage to stand up for himself, maintaining a neutral stance by not explicitly promoting any specific political ideology or solution beyond personal agency.
Based on the limited information available for 'The Last Straw,' there is no explicit evidence of DEI-driven casting or a narrative that explicitly critiques traditional identities or centers on DEI themes. The film's representation and narrative framing are assessed as neutral due to the absence of specific details.
Secondary
No information was provided about the film 'The Last Straw' to evaluate its portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Therefore, no assessment of its net impact can be made.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Last Straw (1987) is an original film production, not an adaptation of existing source material or a reboot of a prior work with established characters. Consequently, there are no pre-existing characters whose gender could have been swapped.
The film "The Last Straw" (1987) is an original Canadian drama. Its characters do not have pre-established racial identities from source material, historical records, or prior adaptations, meaning no race swap could have occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.8
2.0
Critic Ratings
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