
Les Cobayes
2020

2020
Director
Scott Dow
Runtime
94 minutes
Average Rating
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Tired of his parents’ constant bickering, 15 year old Damien is certain they’re all wrong for each other – he would know, he’s a relationship expert. Damien and his best friend Erin have a side hustle coupling-up classmates for the right price. So when Damien discovers his parents may have had a shotgunning wedding, he convinces Erin to turn their efforts toward finding his parents new partners...
Overall Score
Fair
Category Breakdown
LGBTQ+ Representation
The film lacks explicit mention of LGBTQ+ characters or non-heteronormative identities. The central conflict focuses on a parental marriage within conventional gender parameters, offering no visible queer agency.
Gender Representation
Damien subverts traditional hierarchies by acting as the intellectual authority on relationships. The plot undermines the archetype of the stable domestic leader by depicting parents as incompatible and bickering.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
The narrative provides no information regarding the racial or ethnic composition of the cast. Without specific character descriptions, the presence or absence of diversity remains unverified.
Religious & Cultural Diversity
The story challenges Western institutional values by framing the nuclear family as dysfunctional. It prioritizes individual happiness and social engineering over the preservation of traditional family structures.
Disability Representation
There is no information available regarding characters with physical, neurodivergent, or mental health disabilities. The provided context does not address disability representation.
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AI Analysis
Breaking Them Up functions as a critique of traditional domestic stability. It replaces the standard parental authority model with a youth-led narrative where a teenager dictates the terms of adult relationships. The film's progressive elements are found in its deconstruction of the nuclear family. By treating marriage as something that can be engineered or dismantled for individual happiness, it favors a more fluid social structure. However, the film lacks intersectional depth. There is no evidence of racial diversity, LGBTQ+ representation, or disability inclusion, leaving the narrative's social scope limited to its central family dynamic.

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