HBO MaxWeathering with You (2019)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Right
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.0
Overview
Set during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, high-school boy Hodaka Morishima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather....
Starring Cast
Where to watch
HBO Max
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Apple TVBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Set during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, high-school boy Hodaka Morishima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather....
Starring Cast
Where to watch
HBO MaxPrime VideoApple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Right
Primary
While the film's central conflict involves a climate crisis, a theme often associated with the Left, its resolution champions individual choice and personal happiness over a societal or political solution, ultimately advocating for adaptation to a changed world rather than a call for collective action or systemic change.
The film features traditional casting for its cultural context, focusing on ethnically Japanese characters without explicit DEI-driven casting. Its narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, with themes centered on environmental challenges and personal sacrifice rather than critiques of traditional roles or explicit DEI promotion.
Secondary
Weathering with You does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story centers on a heterosexual romantic fantasy, leaving no LGBTQ+ portrayal to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Weathering with You is an original film with no pre-existing source material, historical figures, or legacy characters. All characters were created for this specific movie, thus no gender swaps occurred.
Weathering with You is an original animated film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which characters' races could have been established and subsequently changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.5
8.0
Critic Ratings
9.2
7.2
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