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The Details

The Details

Representation Score

3.2/10

Limited

2012

R

Director

Jacob Aaron Estes

Runtime

101 minutes

Average Rating

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film is a character-driven exploration of emotional detachment that challenges traditional romantic clichés but lacks a diverse social landscape. Its primary strength lies in its nuanced portrayal of gender roles and emotional labor, offering a complex exchange of power between characters. However, the film's narrow demographic focus on a white, middle-class setting and a strictly straight-centered framework limits its breadth. While it provides a sophisticated critique of modern domesticity, it does so primarily through a traditional demographic lens. Ultimately, the film offers psychological depth at the expense of broader social representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Details have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film operates within a framework that assumes everyone is straight and cisgender. It focuses solely on the relationship between a male and female protagonist, without any representation of LGBTQ+ identities or experiences.

How does The Details portray gender?

Fair

The narrative explores gender roles and emotional labor, challenging traditional gender stereotypes. It avoids common gender clichés like the 'damsel in distress' or the 'provider,' allowing for a complex exchange of power between characters.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Details?

Limited

The production focuses on a predominantly white, middle-class setting. There is a notable absence of diverse racial perspectives, resulting in a homogeneous social landscape without non-Anglo-Saxon viewpoints.

How does The Details represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film prioritizes a secular, postmodern worldview over traditional religious morality. It critiques conventional ideas of courtship and social contracts by highlighting emotional fragmentation and the instability of modern domestic life.

Does The Details include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no prominent depictions of visible or invisible disabilities. Characters with disabilities are not used as central plot devices within the narrative.

Present on Screen

  • Challenges traditional romantic archetypes like the 'damsel in distress' or the 'provider.'
  • Explores complex gender roles and emotional labor.
  • Provides a sophisticated, secular critique of modern domesticity.

Limited or Absent

  • Lacks diverse racial perspectives and multi-layered casting.
  • Maintains a strictly straight-centered framework without LGBTQ+ representation.
  • Focuses on a homogeneous, white, middle-class socioeconomic environment.

Official Synopsis

When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.

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