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Monty and the Street Party

Name: Monty and the Street Party
Director: Anders Morgenthaler, Mikael Wulff
Released: 2019
Duration: 80 min

Representation Score

4.4/10

Fair

2019

Director

Anders Morgenthaler, Mikael Wulff

Runtime

80 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film centers on a child's attempt to mend a fracturing family through a community event. While it empowers a young protagonist, the narrative remains narrow in its demographic scope. The story lacks explicit markers for LGBTQ+ identities, racial diversity, or disability. It primarily focuses on the breakdown of a single family unit.

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Category Breakdown

Does Monty and the Street Party have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The story focuses on the breakdown of a traditional nuclear family. There is no mention of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.

How does Monty and the Street Party portray gender?

Fair

The film shifts power dynamics by giving a ten-year-old child the role of restoring harmony. The child drives the emotional labor despite undefined parental roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Monty and the Street Party?

Limited

The narrative provides no information about the racial or ethnic backgrounds of the characters. There is no evidence of diverse casting.

How does Monty and the Street Party represent religion and culture?

Good

The plot avoids promoting the nuclear family as an inherently stable ideal by focusing on divorce. The story highlights community building through a street party.

Does Monty and the Street Party include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence to suggest the presence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities.

Present on Screen

Empowers a child protagonist to take charge of complex emotional situations.
Challenges traditional hierarchies by placing restorative power in the hands of a minor.
Highlights grassroots community building through a street party.

Limited or Absent

Lacks visible representation of diverse racial or ethnic backgrounds.
Provides no evidence of LGBTQ+ characters or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities.
Does not include characters with visible or invisible disabilities.

Official Synopsis

'The Street Party' is an animated comedy for the whole family. The story is about the 10 year old kid, Mugge, who's parents are about to get a divorce. To recreate the balance and harmony that the adults are about to smash, the always optimistic and indomitable Mugge decides to put together the best street party ever - and in that way bring his mom and dad together again.

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