Super 8 (2011)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.3
Overview
SPOILER: In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances ...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
SPOILER: In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances ...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central narrative focuses on universal themes of childhood, grief, and friendship, with its portrayal of government secrecy and military intervention serving as a plot catalyst rather than a dominant ideological critique, resulting in a neutral political stance.
The movie includes visible diversity within its main group of friends, but it does not feature explicit race or gender swaps of traditional roles. The narrative primarily focuses on a coming-of-age story and a sci-fi mystery, without explicitly critiquing or negatively portraying traditional identities.
Secondary
Super 8 does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a group of children, their family dynamics, and an alien encounter, without addressing queer identity in any capacity.
The film primarily focuses on a group of children, including female character Alice Dainard, who are not depicted as combatants. There are no scenes where a female character engages in or wins direct physical combat against one or more male opponents.
Super 8 is an original film with characters created specifically for this movie. There are no pre-existing characters from source material, prior installments, or real-world history whose gender could have been altered.
Super 8 is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical basis, or previous installments from which character races could have been established and subsequently changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.0
6.8
Critic Ratings
8.1
7.2
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