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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4

Its writer stated on the record that "this is a story that was breathed into me and not the other way around, I didn't create the story; the story created me, I wanted it to speak to me, and it's s…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "the way events were portrayed in the film was much more cinematically compelling than the historical fact or conventional mythos, I made dramatic choices for t…" 2. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 14 of 100 4. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Black and Hispanic 5.

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    Creator statementwriter: "This is a story that was breathed into me and not the other way around. I didn't create the story; the story created me. I wanted it to speak to me, and it's still speaking to me 25 years later and s…"MovieWeb, Braveheart 25th Anniversary Interview with Randall Wallace, 2020 source ↗
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    Creator statementdirector: "The way events were portrayed in the film was much more cinematically compelling than the historical fact or conventional mythos. I made dramatic choices for the screen, not for a history lesson."Braveheart DVD Audio Commentary / Daily Mail interview, 2009 source ↗
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    Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 14 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 92, Black 26, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceYoung MenYoung Men89
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
89
Young Women
12
Older Men
89
Older Women
12
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Audience Representation

White
92
Black
26
Hispanic
28
Asian
38
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
42
Other
48
LGBTQ+
11

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy14
Entertainment

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Synopsis

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

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1984411
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198814
1989110
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1995311
199619
1997413
1998210
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2003414
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2006323
2007318
2008322
200949
201078
2011512
2012910
2013716
2014109
20151016
2016209
20171417
20181520
20191618
20201413
20211425
20222032
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20241232
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Cast & Crew

Paul Barnes (director) · Anna Rackard (director)