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Only

Name: Only
Director: Takashi Doscher
Released: 2020
Duration: 98 min

Representation Score

1.4/10

Minimal

2020

TV-MA

Director

Takashi Doscher

Runtime

98 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film uses a high-concept biological crisis to explore interpersonal connections during a systemic collapse. While the premise involves the systemic erasure of women, the narrative remains focused on a single relationship. The story functions primarily as a genre-driven survivalist drama, utilizing the scarcity of a specific demographic to heighten the stakes of a traditional romantic arc. Ultimately, the work examines the tension between domestic security and external chaos, focusing on survival rather than a broad exploration of diverse identities.

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Category Breakdown

Does Only have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film centers on a young couple and does not include any queer-coded subtext or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities.

How does Only portray gender?

Fair

The plot revolves around a virus targeting women, challenging traditional gender roles. However, the story focuses on survival rather than broader subversion.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Only?

Minimal

There is insufficient information regarding the racial composition of the cast or the ethnic backgrounds of the protagonists to provide a score.

How does Only represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story critiques modern social order through the transition from sterile domesticity to the wilderness, exploring the breakdown of established social institutions.

Does Only include disability representation?

Minimal

The narrative does not contain any documented evidence of characters navigating physical disabilities, neurodivergence, or chronic illnesses as central elements.

Present on Screen

The premise offers a unique deconstruction of gender hierarchies through a biological crisis.
The narrative explores the fragility of social institutions and the breakdown of modern order.

Limited or Absent

The focus on a singular, traditional relationship limits the exploration of diverse identities.
The film lacks evidence of characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth perspectives.

Official Synopsis

After a comet releases a mysterious virus that begins to kill all of the women in the world, a young couple's relationship is severely tested. They hide out (from both the illness and the savages who hunt the remaining women) in their over-sterilized apartment. Ultimately the duo escapes their self-imposed quarantine to head to the wilderness.

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