Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Left
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.0
Overview
George and Harold are two imaginative pranksters who make the depressing Jerome Horwitz School a better place. They hypnotize their nemesis, the mean-spirited principal Mr. Krupp. He transforms into the incredibly cluele...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: High
Overview
George and Harold are two imaginative pranksters who make the depressing Jerome Horwitz School a better place. They hypnotize their nemesis, the mean-spirited principal Mr. Krupp. He transforms into the incredibly cluele...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Left
Primary
The film is rated neutral because its central conflict between stifling authority and childhood imagination is an apolitical, universal theme, and its solution champions general values of creativity and humor rather than specific political ideologies.
The movie demonstrates significant diversity through the explicit racial recasting of one of its main protagonists, George Beard. While featuring this intentional casting, the narrative itself does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center around strong DEI themes, maintaining a largely neutral framing in its comedic plot.
Secondary
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the comedic adventures of two elementary school boys and their principal, with no elements related to queer identity present in the story.
The film does not feature any female characters engaging in direct physical combat against male opponents. Female characters present are in non-combat roles.
The film adapts the established characters from the Captain Underpants book series. All major characters, including George, Harold, Captain Underpants/Mr. Krupp, and Professor Poopypants, retain their original canonical genders from the source material.
The film adapts the established races of its main characters, George Beard (Black) and Harold Hutchins (white), directly from the source book series. No canonical characters were portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.2
6.2
Critic Ratings
8.7
6.9
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