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The Never List

Name: The Never List
Director: Michelle Mower
Released: 2020
Duration: 102 min

Representation Score

4.3/10

Fair

2020

Director

Michelle Mower

Runtime

102 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film centers on reclaiming control through grief and rebellion. Using the 'Never List' as a device, the story explores the tension between social conformity and individual desires. The narrative challenges traditional gendered responses to trauma. Instead of following a typical trajectory of mourning, the protagonist pursues a transgressive path toward self-actualization. While the film offers a sophisticated engagement with the performative self, there is insufficient information regarding racial and disability representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Never List have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film explores non-conformist identity through rebellion and the use of alter egos. This framework hints at a potential for exploring social norms from a queer perspective.

How does The Never List portray gender?

Good

The narrative emphasizes the internal lives and ability to act of women. It challenges traditional social norms by focusing on women who break away from conventional social decorum.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Never List?

Minimal

There is insufficient information to determine the racial composition of the cast or the ethnic dynamics within the story.

How does The Never List represent religion and culture?

Good

The story examines personal morality and the breakdown of proper social behavior. It prioritizes individual truth over traditional institutional or social expectations.

Does The Never List include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence regarding the depiction of physical or mental disabilities in this work.

Present on Screen

Highlights the complex internal lives and ability to act of women.
Challenges traditional social expectations and gendered responses to grief.
Explores identity through the sophisticated use of alter egos and rebellion.

Limited or Absent

Lacks information about racial and ethnic diversity within the cast.
Provides no evidence concerning the representation of physical or mental disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Eva, who vows to live without regrets following the death of her best friend, Liz. The two girls had alter egos, Vicky and Veronica, and would imagine doing highly questionable things that they would never do in real life that they compiled into The Never List, which Eva vows to complete.

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