Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4
Its director stated on the record that "i think what we've tried on this movie is to show how Lara Croft goes from being a young independent girl in East London and then going through all these ordea…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "we were all in agreement that we wanted to make a Tomb Raider film that was gritty and more grounded in reality than all of the previous versions" 2. The adaptation scores 78 of 100 for faithfulness to that source 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 12 of 100 4.
- 1Creator statementdirector: "I think what we've tried on this movie is to show how Lara Croft goes from being a young independent girl in East London and then going through all these ordeals and when she comes out in the end she…"Uproxx interview, March 2018 source ↗
- 2Creator statementdirector: "We were all in agreement that we wanted to make a Tomb Raider film that was gritty and more grounded in reality than all of the previous versions."Screen Rant interview, March 2018 source ↗
- 3FaithfulnessFaithfulness 78 of 100.WhatSphere faithfulness checklist, score_version 1
- 4Content balanceAdvocacy 12 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.
Age: 36 — leans younger
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Audience Representation
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| Title | Author | Type | Year | Purchase link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomb Raider | Crystal Dynamics | video_game | 2013 |
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What Changed from the Source
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Source faithfulness: 78/100
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Advocacy Over Time in Action
The average advocacy score of Action titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 0 | 2 |
| 1965 | 4 | 3 |
| 1966 | 0 | 4 |
| 1968 | 2 | 2 |
| 1970 | 0 | 2 |
| 1971 | 0 | 4 |
| 1972 | 0 | 2 |
| 1973 | 1 | 9 |
| 1975 | 0 | 3 |
| 1977 | 2 | 2 |
| 1979 | 0 | 3 |
| 1980 | 3 | 5 |
| 1981 | 0 | 3 |
| 1982 | 0 | 5 |
| 1983 | 0 | 7 |
| 1984 | 2 | 11 |
| 1985 | 0 | 7 |
| 1986 | 2 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1 | 14 |
| 1988 | 0 | 4 |
| 1989 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990 | 0 | 5 |
| 1991 | 0 | 9 |
| 1992 | 1 | 8 |
| 1993 | 0 | 11 |
| 1994 | 2 | 14 |
| 1995 | 1 | 11 |
| 1996 | 0 | 9 |
| 1997 | 2 | 13 |
| 1998 | 0 | 10 |
| 1999 | 1 | 13 |
| 2000 | 1 | 11 |
| 2001 | 1 | 20 |
| 2002 | 1 | 17 |
| 2003 | 2 | 14 |
| 2004 | 2 | 19 |
| 2005 | 3 | 18 |
| 2006 | 1 | 23 |
| 2007 | 1 | 18 |
| 2008 | 2 | 22 |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 12 |
| 2012 | 5 | 10 |
| 2013 | 4 | 16 |
| 2014 | 6 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 | 16 |
| 2016 | 15 | 9 |
| 2017 | 9 | 17 |
| 2018 | 9 | 20 |
| 2019 | 11 | 18 |
| 2020 | 10 | 13 |
| 2021 | 10 | 25 |
| 2022 | 15 | 32 |
| 2023 | 12 | 25 |
| 2024 | 8 | 31 |
| 2025 | 4 | 35 |
| 2026 | 8 | 16 |
| This title (2018) | 12 | 1 |
● This title (2018): advocacy 12 · explore Action →
Cast & Crew
Cecelia van Straaten (director) · Michael Hubbard (director) · Mark Walker (director)
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