
The Babadook
2014

Representation Score
Limited
2021
RDirector
William Brent Bell
Runtime
107 minutes
Average Rating
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The film follows standard psychological horror clichés and traditional narrative structures. It prioritizes maintaining conventional norms over introducing diverse perspectives or disrupting social hierarchies. By depicting a uniform white family and focusing on traditional gender roles, the film upholds existing societal norms. It avoids broader cultural critiques or diverse social perspectives, sticking to a traditionalist domestic framework. Ultimately, the film serves as a narrow survival thriller without intentional efforts toward racial, cultural, or identity-based pluralism.
Category Breakdown
The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters and does not explore identities outside of straight relationships. It stays within a traditional family framework without engaging with queer perspectives.
The story focuses on a father figure in a protective role, emphasizing traditional masculine leadership. Female characters' roles are mainly defined by their relationships to the father and domestic situations.
The main family is shown as a uniform white family. The film maintains a traditional demographic profile without using diverse casting or featuring non-white characters.
The story is a typical survival thriller centered on isolation. It avoids broader critiques of Western institutions or religion, focusing instead on preserving the nuclear family unit.
There is no depiction of physical, sensory, or neurodivergent disabilities among the main characters. Characters are portrayed through a lens of standard physical abilities.
Present on Screen
Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.

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