Paramount+The Gift (2000)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.3
Overview
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Paramount+
Philo
Apple TVBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Negative
Overview
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Paramount+PhiloApple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film primarily explores universal themes of justice, truth, and confronting individual evil and abuse within a small community, without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or critiquing societal structures from a partisan viewpoint.
The movie features a predominantly white cast without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative critiques individual moral failings and societal issues like domestic violence and corruption, rather than explicitly framing traditional identities negatively as a central theme.
Secondary
The film features Buddy Cole, whose effeminate demeanor and abuse by his father strongly suggest a queer identity, though it's not explicit. The narrative portrays his suffering with profound empathy, framing him as a victim of abuse and mental illness. His tragic arc serves broader themes of small-town darkness, resulting in a neutral portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes.
The film critiques the hypocrisy and judgmentalism prevalent among the adherents in the implicitly Christian, conservative Southern town. It exposes how outwardly respectable individuals, like the true killer and an abuser, operate within this social fabric, while the protagonist's spiritual 'gift' is met with suspicion. The narrative highlights the failure of these characters to embody the virtues they profess, without offering a significant counterbalancing positive portrayal of the faith or its institutions.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Gift (2000) is an original screenplay, not an adaptation of existing source material or a biopic. All characters were created specifically for this film, meaning there is no prior canonical gender to be swapped.
The Gift (2000) is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment to establish a canonical race for any character that could then be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
6.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.7
6.5
Critic Ratings
5.7
6.2
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