6.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Blue Umbrella (2005)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.9
Overview
Young Biniya lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in the mountainous and snowy region of Himachal Pradesh in India along with her widowed mom and wrestler brother. She entertains various tourists, and while doing so with some tourists from Japan, trades in her bear-tooth amulet with a blue umbrella...
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Young Biniya lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in the mountainous and snowy region of Himachal Pradesh in India along with her widowed mom and wrestler brother. She entertains various tourists, and while doing so with some tourists from Japan, trades in her bear-tooth amulet with a blue umbrella...
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film explores universal themes of desire, envy, and forgiveness within a traditional community, emphasizing individual moral choices and the restoration of social harmony through personal virtue rather than political or systemic critique.
The film features an authentic Indian cast, reflecting its cultural setting, and does not involve the recasting of traditionally white roles. Its narrative explores universal themes of human nature within a village context, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
The Blue Umbrella is a children's film centered on a young girl and her prized blue umbrella. The narrative does not feature any LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or storylines, resulting in no depiction of queer identity within the film's content.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Blue Umbrella" is an adaptation of Ruskin Bond's novel. All major characters, including Binya and Ram Bharosa, maintain their original genders as established in the source material.
The film "The Blue Umbrella" is an adaptation of a novel by Ruskin Bond, set in a Himachali village in India. The characters, implicitly Indian in the source material, are portrayed by Indian actors in the film, aligning with the original depiction.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
6.5
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