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Good Intentions

Name: Good Intentions
Director: Jim Issa
Released: 2010
Duration: 85 min

Representation Score

3.4/10

Limited

2010

PG-13

Director

Jim Issa

Runtime

85 minutes

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Good Intentions operates primarily within a traditional familial framework. While it avoids many progressive narrative structures, it finds strength in its subversion of traditional gender roles. The film's primary achievement is granting significant control to the female lead, Etta Milford, moving her beyond the 'doting mother' archetype into a proactive, albeit criminal, role. This shifts the locus of stability away from the husband. However, the film lacks significant breadth in other areas. The focus on a conventional nuclear family and a seemingly homogeneous cast results in a narrow scope of representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does Good Intentions have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The story focuses on a traditional nuclear family unit. There is no representation of LGBTQ+ identities or perspectives that critique the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does Good Intentions portray gender?

Fair

Etta Milford transitions from a passive wife to an active, criminal protagonist, disrupting traditional gender roles. The film challenges the idea of the stable male provider by showing the husband as a source of financial instability.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Good Intentions?

Limited

The narrative appears to default to a conventional, homogeneous domestic setting. There is no indication of a diverse or non-Anglo-Saxon majority cast.

How does Good Intentions represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film explores domestic dysfunction and the breakdown of stability. While it deviates from idealized family portrayals, the focus remains on preserving the family rather than critiquing broader societal issues.

Does Good Intentions include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no mention of characters navigating physical, neurodivergent, or mental health conditions.

Present on Screen

The film provides significant control to the female protagonist, Etta Milford.
It challenges traditional gender roles by portraying the male head-of-household as the source of instability.

Limited or Absent

The narrative lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or perspectives that critique the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.
The setting and cast appear to default to a homogeneous, non-diverse domestic environment.
There is no visible inclusion of characters with disabilities or neurodivergent traits.

Official Synopsis

Meet Etta Milford. Loving Wife. Doting Mother. Armed Robber. Etta's husband constantly blows their money on make-shift inventions. When she decides to secretly take "investment" matters into her own hands - things quickly go awry! With their savings gone, her husband suspicious, and their children out of control, Etta concocts a scheme to get back their money and save her family.

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