Wish (2023)

Bias Rating

Analyzing...

Strong Left

Viewer Rating

Rating: 5.3

Overview

A young girl wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her....

Starring Cast

Ariana DeBose • Chris Pine • Alan Tudyk

Where to watch

Disney Plus

Prime Video

Apple TV

Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Left

Diversity: High

LGBTQ: Positive

Overview

A young girl wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her....

Starring Cast

Ariana DeBose • Chris Pine • Alan Tudyk

Where to watch

Disney Plus

Prime Video

Apple TV

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Strong Left

Primary

Political: Strong LeftConfidence: High

The film explicitly critiques a centralized, controlling power structure that suppresses individual and collective aspirations, advocating for systemic change through popular uprising and the reclamation of agency, which aligns with progressive anti-authoritarian and anti-establishment ideologies.

Diversity: HighConfidence: High

The film prominently features Disney's first Afro-Latina princess and introduces a non-binary character, showcasing explicit DEI in its casting and character design. Its narrative further reinforces themes of empowerment and challenging established hierarchies, with a male antagonist representing oppressive power structures.

Secondary

LGBTQ: PositiveConfidence: Medium

Wish makes a positive stride in LGBTQ+ representation by featuring Disney's first non-binary character, Star, consistently using neutral pronouns. Additionally, supporting character Gabo is subtly queer-coded. While not central to the plot, these inclusions represent a significant, affirming step towards greater visibility and signal optimism for future, more explicit queer representation in Disney films.

FemPower: NoConfidence: High

The film's central conflict involves Asha confronting King Magnifico, but her victory is achieved through magic, collective will, and outsmarting the antagonist, rather than direct physical combat. No female character engages in or wins close-quarters physical fights against male opponents.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

Wish is an original animated film with characters created specifically for this movie. There are no pre-existing characters from prior source material, history, or previous installments whose gender could have been altered.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

Wish is an original animated film featuring new characters created for this specific movie. There is no prior source material or established canon for any character's race to be altered, thus no race swap occurred.