6.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
My Daughter is a Zombie (2025)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.9
Overview
Jung-hwan, a professional wild animal trainer, spends his days bickering and playing with his teenage daughter, Soo-ah, who is passionate about dancing. Then one day, Soo-ah gets infected by a zombie virus that sweeps across the world. To protect her, Jung-hwan takes Soo-ah to Eunbong-ri, a seaside village where his mother, Bam-soon, lives. In a society determined to root out the infected, Jung-hwan notices that Soo-ah still seems to understand words, responds to her favorite songs and dances, and even flinches when scolded by Grandma Bam-soon's back scratching stick. Refusing to give up on his daughter, Jung-hwan calls on his years of animal training experience and begins the top-secret mission of training his zombie daughter…
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Jung-hwan, a professional wild animal trainer, spends his days bickering and playing with his teenage daughter, Soo-ah, who is passionate about dancing. Then one day, Soo-ah gets infected by a zombie virus that sweeps across the world. To protect her, Jung-hwan takes Soo-ah to Eunbong-ri, a seaside village where his mother, Bam-soon, lives. In a society determined to root out the infected, Jung-hwan notices that Soo-ah still seems to understand words, responds to her favorite songs and dances, and even flinches when scolded by Grandma Bam-soon's back scratching stick. Refusing to give up on his daughter, Jung-hwan calls on his years of animal training experience and begins the top-secret mission of training his zombie daughter…
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film focuses on universal themes of parental love and survival within a comedy horror framework, explicitly avoiding overt political critique or ideological messaging. Its narrative prioritizes personal and familial challenges over socio-political commentary, resulting in a neutral political stance.
This South Korean film explores themes of family, unconditional love, and acceptance of 'otherness' through the metaphor of zombification, reflecting inclusive values around caregiving and challenging societal stigma. While featuring strong female characters and a male primary caregiver, it does not explicitly engage with broader US-centric DEI topics such as racial diversity or explicit critiques of traditional identities, instead offering a universal humanistic perspective on inclusion.
Secondary
My Daughter Is a Zombie does not depict or engage with the LGBTQ+ community in its storyline or thematic focus. The film centers on family dynamics and survival, with no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present in the narrative.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "My Daughter is a Zombie" adapts a webtoon, and all named characters, including the protagonists, maintain their original genders as established in the source material. No characters are portrayed with a different gender than their canonical representation.
The film adapts a Korean webtoon, with all major characters established as Korean in the source material. These characters are portrayed by ethnically Korean actors, maintaining consistency with the original work and the film's South Korean setting.
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