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Crooked Hearts
1991
RDirector
Michael Bortman
Runtime
113 minutes
Average Rating
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An upper-middle class family in Washington state deals with failures, infidelities and troubling secrets. Charley is 26 and still lives at home, despite his simmering anger at his father, Edward. Charley's younger brother, Tom, just dropped out of college and returned home to live. Tom's unstable new girlfriend, Marriet, has designs on joining the family, but she's hardly a calming influence on the crumbling home.
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Overall Score
2.8/10
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Category Breakdown
LGBTQ+ Representation
The film focuses entirely on heteronormative romantic entanglements. There are no queer perspectives or non-cisnormative identities present in the central character arcs.
Gender Representation
Female characters drive the narrative through complex power dynamics and emotional volatility. However, the film fails the Bechdel test due to a lack of significant female-to-female dialogue.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
The cast is entirely white, reflecting a homogeneous 1950s Washington state setting. There is no racial blending or presence of characters of color with agency.
Religious & Cultural Diversity
The story critiques the traditional Western family unit by focusing on patriarchal failure and infidelity. It explores moral relativism without offering a broader systemic critique.
Disability Representation
No visible or invisible disabilities are portrayed within the primary cast. Disability is not utilized as a character trait or a plot device.
Strengths
- Provides a nuanced exploration of female agency within a restrictive era.
- Challenges traditional domestic archetypes through complex character power dynamics.
- Offers a psychological critique of the stability of the traditional family institution.
Areas for Improvement
- Lacks any representation of LGBTQ+ identities or queer perspectives.
- Fails to include characters of color or racial diversity within the setting.
- Provides no representation or inclusion of characters with disabilities.
AI Analysis
Crooked Hearts is a period drama that prioritizes psychological realism over demographic variety. It succeeds in deconstructing the stability of the mid-century domestic unit by focusing on the agency of its female leads and the failures of the patriarch. However, the film is deeply limited by its lack of intersectional breadth. The narrative remains confined to a homogeneous Anglo-Saxon framework, offering no representation for LGBTQ+ individuals, people of color, or those with disabilities. Ultimately, while the film offers a nuanced look at shifting social norms, its reliance on traditional casting structures results in a narrow social scope.
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