
Something Wild
1986

Representation Score
Minimal
1987
PGDirector
James Foley
Runtime
93 minutes
Average Rating
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Who's That Girl is a conventional 1980s romantic comedy that prioritizes mainstream storytelling over social commentary. While the female lead disrupts established social orders, the film's structure remains rooted in the era's standard social hierarchies. The production lacks depth in representing diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, focusing instead on a homogeneous demographic. It also does not include any LGBTQ+ representation or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities. The film uses class and gender conflicts for humor but does not challenge underlying power structures.
Category Breakdown
The film does not include any representation of LGBTQ+ individuals or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities. It operates within a framework that assumes everyone is straight and cisgender.
Jamie Lee Curtis plays a free-spirited character who challenges social norms. However, the film relies on traditional romantic clichés and reinforces conventional masculine archetypes through the male lead.
The film focuses on a homogeneous group of white, upper-middle-class individuals. It lacks meaningful representation of different racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Class conflicts are used for comedic effect rather than a deeper critique. The film upholds a conventional moral framework centered around traditional institutions like the legal profession.
There is no visible or invisible disability represented in the film. Disability is not used as a theme or plot device.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
An uptight New York City tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down one day when he's asked to escort a feisty free-spirited ex-convict who asks him to help prove her innocence of her crime.

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