Elemental (2023)

Bias Rating

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Leans Left

Viewer Rating

Rating: 6.9

Overview

Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, earth- and air-residents live together....

Starring Cast

Leah Lewis • Mamoudou Athie • Ronnie Del Carmen

Where to watch

Disney Plus

Prime Video

Apple TV

Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Left

Diversity: Moderate

LGBTQ: Neutral

Overview

Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, earth- and air-residents live together....

Starring Cast

Leah Lewis • Mamoudou Athie • Ronnie Del Carmen

Where to watch

Disney Plus

Prime Video

Apple TV

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Leans Left

Primary

Political: Leans LeftConfidence: High

The film's dominant themes align with progressive values, primarily focusing on the challenges of immigration, overcoming prejudice, and celebrating cultural diversity through an inter-group love story, which strongly advocates for acceptance and understanding.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: Medium

The movie "Elemental" presents a world built on diverse elemental groups, using the "fire people" as an allegory for immigrants facing societal challenges. Its narrative explicitly explores themes of cultural understanding and overcoming prejudice. While the film champions these DEI themes, it refrains from negatively portraying traditional identities, instead presenting them neutrally or positively within the story.

Secondary

LGBTQ: NeutralConfidence: High

Elemental features Lake Ripple, a minor non-binary character in a same-sex relationship. Their identity and relationship are presented as normal and accepted within their family, without being a central plot point or source of conflict. The portrayal is incidental, neither significantly uplifting nor denigrating, simply existing as part of the character's background.

FemPower: NoConfidence: High

The film focuses on elemental characters and their interactions within Element City. Conflicts are primarily environmental or emotional, not physical combat between characters. No female character engages in or wins close-quarters physical combat against male opponents.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

Elemental is an original animated film featuring new characters created specifically for this movie. There is no prior source material, historical basis, or previous installments from which characters' genders could have been established and subsequently changed.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

Elemental is an original animated film featuring new, non-human elemental characters. There is no pre-existing source material or historical basis for its characters, thus no established race to be swapped.