You are here:

Autumn in the Vineyard

Name: Autumn in the Vineyard
Director: Scott Smith
Released: 2016
Duration: 84 min

Representation Score

2.5/10

Limited

2016

TV-G

Director

Scott Smith

Runtime

84 minutes

Average Rating

No ratings yet

New Showbiz Analysis

Autumn in the Vineyard operates strictly within the established conventions of the Hallmark-style romantic genre. It prioritizes sentimentalism and traditional narrative arcs over progressive social themes. The film offers a modest degree of women's ability to drive the story through the protagonist's professional struggle. However, this is undercut by a resolution that prioritizes romance as the primary solution to legal and professional conflicts. Overall, the production reinforces existing social hierarchies and assumptions that everyone is straight. It functions as a celebration of traditional Western heritage rather than a space for diverse storytelling.

Watch this, not that →

Category Breakdown

Does Autumn in the Vineyard have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film follows a traditional structure where everyone is assumed to be straight. There is no evidence of same-sex intimacy.

How does Autumn in the Vineyard portray gender?

Fair

Frankie Baldwin shows professional competence and plays a significant role in driving the story through her claim to land ownership. However, the story resolves legal disputes through romantic connections rather than structural changes.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Autumn in the Vineyard?

Limited

The narrative focuses on localized agricultural competition and land ownership in a rural setting that seems homogeneous and Western-centric, with limited multi-ethnic representation.

How does Autumn in the Vineyard represent religion and culture?

Limited

The story celebrates traditional agrarian values and seasonal community festivals. It reinforces conventional social structures like family legacy and local commerce without challenging them.

Does Autumn in the Vineyard include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no information regarding characters with visible or invisible disabilities in this production.

Present on Screen

Provides a platform for women's ability to drive the story through the protagonist's professional competence and land ownership claims.

Limited or Absent

Relies on traditional gendered romantic arcs to resolve professional and legal disputes.
Lacks evidence of LGBTQ+ representation or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities.
Follows a homogeneous, Western-centric depiction of rural life with limited racial diversity.

Official Synopsis

When Frankie Baldwin and Nate Deluca both have a claim to ownership of Sorrento Farm, they are forced to divide the vineyard right down the middle and work the fields alongside each other to bring in the harvest leading up to the Best Wine competition at the annual Autumn Harvest Festival -- only this rivalry won't be settled in the fields, because in spite of their contentious bickering, the simplest way to settle this particular legal dispute is with a romance.

How are these scores produced? →