NetflixThe Pledge (2001)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.0
Overview
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.
Starring Cast
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Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
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Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central focus on the psychological breakdown of an individual driven by obsession and the ambiguous nature of justice prevents it from aligning with a specific political ideology, offering no clear solutions or critiques.
The movie features a predominantly white cast without intentional race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on a white male protagonist's psychological journey, and it does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center DEI themes within its storyline.
Secondary
The film 'The Pledge' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story focuses entirely on a detective's psychological descent while pursuing a child murderer, without incorporating any elements related to queer identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Pledge" is an adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novel of the same name. All major characters in the film retain the same gender as established in the original source material, with no instances of a character's gender being changed.
The film is an adaptation of a Swiss novel. A review of its main and legacy characters reveals no instances where a character canonically established as one race in the source material is portrayed as a different race in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.7
6.6
Critic Ratings
7.8
7.1
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