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Keeping Up with the Joneses

Name: Keeping Up with the Joneses
Director: Greg Mottola
Released: 2016
Duration: 105 min

Representation Score

1.5/10

Minimal

2016

PG-13

Director

Greg Mottola

Runtime

105 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Keeping Up with the Joneses follows a conventional mainstream comedy format that relies heavily on genre clichés. While the film engages with its characters effectively within its comedic context, it does not aim to challenge broader social hierarchies. The film focuses on a predominantly white, suburban demographic, limiting opportunities for diverse representation. Social structures in the film center on traditional Western norms. Overall, the film serves as a commercial comedy that avoids deeper social critiques. It uses the pursuit of status and consumerism as a comedic device rather than a tool for social commentary.

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Category Breakdown

Does Keeping Up with the Joneses have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or non-straight identities. All romantic relationships are between heterosexual couples.

How does Keeping Up with the Joneses portray gender?

Fair

Female characters have substantial screen time and play key roles in driving the story. However, the film relies on traditional gender stereotypes rather than challenging them.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Keeping Up with the Joneses?

Limited

The cast is primarily made up of white actors, reflecting a suburban demographic. The story centers around a typical Western suburban lifestyle.

How does Keeping Up with the Joneses represent religion and culture?

Limited

The film offers a shallow critique of wealth and consumerism. It portrays the nuclear family as the normative structure.

Does Keeping Up with the Joneses include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not feature any characters with visible or invisible disabilities. There is no exploration of neurodivergence or chronic illness.

Present on Screen

Female characters have significant screen time and play important roles in the plot.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks LGBTQ+ representation and does not explore non-straight identities.
The cast is predominantly white and reflects a suburban demographic.
The narrative does not engage with disabilities, neurodivergence, or chronic illness.
The critique of social status and consumerism is shallow and mainstream.

Official Synopsis

An ordinary suburban couple finds it’s not easy keeping up with the Joneses – their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neighbors – especially when they discover that Mr. and Mrs. “Jones” are covert operatives.

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