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Lift

Name: Lift
Director: F. Gary Gray
Released: 2024
Duration: 107 min

Representation Score

6.5/10

Good

2024

PG-13

Director

F. Gary Gray

Runtime

107 minutes

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Lift succeeds as a multicultural action-comedy by centering a diverse, highly skilled heist crew. The predominantly Black cast breaks traditional genre archetypes, providing significant racial representation and control to its leads. However, the film remains limited by its adherence to genre conventions. It lacks meaningful engagement with LGBTQ+ identities or disability representation, and it does not use its criminal underworld setting to critique systemic power structures. Ultimately, the film offers meaningful inclusion through its cast and technical gender roles but stops short of radical narrative subversion.

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Category Breakdown

Does Lift have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film adheres to a conventional framework that assumes everyone is straight or cisgender. It lacks prominent LGBTQ+ characters or storylines focused on non-cisgender identities.

How does Lift portray gender?

Fair

Women play key roles in high-stakes, technical positions within the heist team. They show intelligence and take control of their situations, but the film doesn't explicitly challenge traditional male leadership roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Lift?

Excellent

The film features a predominantly Black cast, including Kevin Hart and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, which moves away from the traditionally white-centric heist archetype.

How does Lift represent religion and culture?

Fair

The narrative follows standard crime caper conventions without offering systemic critiques. It focuses on the tension of the heist rather than political or ideological messaging.

Does Lift include disability representation?

Limited

There are no significant characters with visible or invisible disabilities. The plot emphasizes the physical and technical skills needed for the heist.

Present on Screen

The film showcases a robust, racially diverse ensemble that moves away from white-centric heist clichés.
Female characters are depicted with high ability to act, occupying essential technical and intellectual roles within the crew.
The cast provides a sophisticated portrayal of diverse talent as elite, highly skilled specialists.

Limited or Absent

The narrative lacks representation for LGBTQ+ identities and non-cisgender characters.
There is a notable absence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities driving the plot.
The film avoids deeper engagement with systemic critiques or complex ideological messaging.

Official Synopsis

An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker, race to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.

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