The Martian (2015)

Bias Rating

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Viewer Rating

Rating: 8.2

Overview

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meag...

Starring Cast

Matt Damon • Jessica Chastain • Kristen Wiig

Where to watch

HBO Max

Prime Video

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Moderate

Race Swap: Yes

Overview

Starring Cast

Matt Damon • Jessica Chastain • Kristen Wiig

Where to watch

HBO Max

Prime Video

Apple TV

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Center

Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

The film's core narrative of survival and scientific problem-solving transcends specific political ideologies, emphasizing universal human values like ingenuity, perseverance, and cooperation without promoting a particular political agenda. It balances themes of individual resourcefulness with the necessity of global collective action.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: High

The movie features a visibly diverse cast in various roles, contributing to a modern ensemble without explicitly recasting traditionally white characters. The narrative focuses on human ingenuity and collaboration, portraying traditional identities neutrally or positively without any explicit critique. This combination results in a light presence of DEI characteristics.

Secondary

Race Swap: YesConfidence: High

The film adapts characters from the novel. Vincent Kapoor, originally Indian-American, is portrayed by a Black actor. Mindy Park, originally Korean-American, is portrayed by a white actress. Rich Purnell, originally white, is portrayed by a Black actor. These are clear race swaps.

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

The film 'The Martian' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is exclusively centered on scientific problem-solving and survival, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity, either positive, negative, or neutral.

FemPower: NoConfidence: High

The film is a science fiction drama focused on survival and rescue in space. It does not feature any scenes of direct physical combat. Female characters are present in leadership, technical, and support roles, but none engage in or win close-quarters physical fights against male opponents.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film adaptation of "The Martian" faithfully maintains the genders of all established characters from Andy Weir's original novel. No characters canonically male or female in the source material are portrayed as a different gender in the movie.