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Listen to Your Heart

Name: Listen to Your Heart
Director: Matt Thompson
Released: 2010
Duration: 102 min

Representation Score

6.7/10

Good

2010

Not Rated

Director

Matt Thompson

Runtime

102 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Listen to Your Heart provides a meaningful portrayal of disability by making Ariana's hearing impairment integral to her character and the plot. However, the film is limited by its traditional romantic framework, focusing on a heterosexual relationship without visible LGBTQ+ or racial diversity. While it explores class tensions and subverts traditional maternal roles, it remains centered on a conventional dramatic structure.

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Category Breakdown

Does Listen to Your Heart have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses on a heterosexual relationship between Danny and Ariana. There are no LGBTQ+ characters or representations of non-straight identities.

How does Listen to Your Heart portray gender?

Fair

Ariana fights for her independence against a controlling mother, challenging traditional nurturing roles and creating a complex power struggle.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Listen to Your Heart?

Limited

The story focuses on socioeconomic class distinctions in Greenwich, CT. There is a lack of visible racial or ethnic diversity among the characters.

How does Listen to Your Heart represent religion and culture?

Good

The story critiques rigid social hierarchies by showing individual passion against restrictive wealth structures. Wealthy environments are framed as restrictive rather than stable.

Does Listen to Your Heart include disability representation?

Good

Ariana’s hearing impairment is central to the plot and her struggle for independence. Her disability is integrated into the creative process rather than being a passive element.

Present on Screen

Ariana's hearing impairment is central to her character and the plot.
The film challenges traditional nurturing roles by presenting a controlling mother.
The narrative critiques class-based social hierarchies and rigid wealth structures.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks visible racial and ethnic diversity among the characters.
The romantic arc is limited to a traditional heterosexual pairing.
There is no evidence of LGBTQ+ representation or non-straight identities.

Official Synopsis

Struggling New York City singer/songwriter Danny falls in love with Ariana, a wealthy girl from Connecticut who tragically cannot hear the music she inspires him to write. After falling in love against the wishes of her controlling mother Victoria, Ariana becomes torn between hanging onto the shelter that Victoria provides and fighting for a love that, if given the chance, might just change her life.

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