The Notebook (2004)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Right
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.6
Overview
In a nursing home, resident Duke reads a romance story to an old woman who has senile dementia with memory loss. In the late 1930s, wealthy seventeen year-old Allie Hamilton is spending summer vacation in Seabrook. Local...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
In a nursing home, resident Duke reads a romance story to an old woman who has senile dementia with memory loss. In the late 1930s, wealthy seventeen year-old Allie Hamilton is spending summer vacation in Seabrook. Local...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Right
Primary
The film's primary focus is on the universal, apolitical themes of enduring love, commitment, and the challenges of memory and aging, rather than engaging with specific political ideologies or systemic critiques.
The movie features traditional casting with a predominantly white main cast and no explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative frames traditional identities neutrally or positively, focusing on a classic romance without incorporating explicit DEI themes or critiques.
Secondary
The Notebook does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative is entirely centered on a heterosexual romance, leading to an N/A rating for LGBTQ+ portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Notebook" is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel. All central characters, including Noah Calhoun and Allie Hamilton, maintain the same gender as established in the original source material. There are no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender in the movie.
The film "The Notebook" is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel. All major characters, including Noah Calhoun and Allie Hamilton, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their depiction in the source material. No characters established as one race in the novel were portrayed as a different race in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.8
7.9
Critic Ratings
5.4
5.3
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