Doctor Sleep (2019)

Bias Rating

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Center

Viewer Rating

Rating: 7.0

Overview

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless-mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Sto...

Starring Cast

Ewan McGregor • Rebecca Ferguson • Kyliegh Curran

Where to watch

Prime Video

Apple TV

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: High

LGBTQ: Negative

Overview

Starring Cast

Ewan McGregor • Rebecca Ferguson • Kyliegh Curran

Where to watch

Prime Video

Apple TV

Google Play

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Center

Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

The film primarily focuses on universal themes of personal trauma, addiction, redemption, and the fight against a supernatural evil, without explicitly promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies, leading to a neutral rating.

Diversity: HighConfidence: High

The movie demonstrates significant DEI through the casting of a young Black female in a central, powerful protagonist role, which represents an intentional choice for a key character. However, the narrative itself does not explicitly critique traditional identities or make strong DEI themes central to its plot.

Secondary

LGBTQ: NegativeConfidence: Medium

The film features a lesbian couple, Snakebite Andi and Silent Sarey, as members of the villainous True Knot cult. Their queer identity is incidental to their roles as antagonists who commit horrific acts. While not explicitly demonized for their sexuality, their exclusive portrayal as part of a child-murdering cult, without any positive counter-representation, results in a net negative impact due to the reinforcement of the 'villainous queer' trope.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

All major and legacy characters in Doctor Sleep maintain the same gender as established in Stephen King's novels or the prior film adaptation of The Shining. No character canonically established as one gender is portrayed as a different gender.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film adapts Stephen King's novel and serves as a sequel to 'The Shining.' Key legacy characters from 'The Shining' maintain their established races. New characters introduced in 'Doctor Sleep' did not have their race explicitly specified or visually depicted in the source novel, thus their on-screen portrayals do not constitute a race swap under the given definition.