6.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
12 Suicidal Teens (2019)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.1
Overview
A group of boys and girls, twelve in total, gather at an abandoned hospital to die for various different reasons. There, they find the body of a dead boy. The group of twelve attempt to find the person who killed the boy. During their search, the reasons why they want to die are revealed.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Overview
A group of boys and girls, twelve in total, gather at an abandoned hospital to die for various different reasons. There, they find the body of a dead boy. The group of twelve attempt to find the person who killed the boy. During their search, the reasons why they want to die are revealed.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film explores the universal themes of despair, the value of life, and human connection through the ethical dilemma of a group suicide pact. Its resolution emphasizes individual agency and collective empathy in reaffirming the choice to live, without promoting a specific political ideology or systemic critique.
The movie features a diverse group of 12 Japanese teenagers, but its casting does not involve explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles, given its cultural context. The narrative focuses on individual character struggles and does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film features a gay character whose struggle with societal prejudice and bullying is depicted empathetically. While his situation is tragic, the narrative critiques external homophobia as the source of his pain, implicitly affirming the worth of his identity by condemning the injustice he faces.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "12 Suicidal Teens" is an adaptation of a novel. There is no evidence that any named character, canonically established as one gender in the source material, was portrayed as a different gender in the film.
The film is a Japanese adaptation of a Japanese novel, featuring characters who are Japanese. The cast portraying these characters is also Japanese, therefore no race swap occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.8
6.4
Critic Ratings
N/A
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