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

Its director stated on the record that "outsiders who first discover they're different as their bodies mature during adolescence, who long to be normal but instead become scapegoats in a fearful soci…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "the central theme of the X-Men universe is living in a world that hates and fears you, They all had to deal with isolation and being outcasts, and they all fou…" 2. Its writer stated on the record that "it was the most personal movie I've ever written, It was a time in my life I had just gotten divorced… where what Professor Xavier was going through in that mo…" 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 12 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 Hispanic and Black 5.

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    Creator statementdirector: "Outsiders who first discover they're different as their bodies mature during adolescence, who long to be normal but instead become scapegoats in a fearful society in which laws are passed to identify…"Out Magazine, May 2014 source ↗
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    Creator statementdirector: "The central theme of the X-Men universe is living in a world that hates and fears you. They all had to deal with isolation and being outcasts, and they all found each other."Out.com, April 2014 source ↗
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    Creator statementwriter: "It was the most personal movie I've ever written. It was a time in my life I had just gotten divorced… where what Professor Xavier was going through in that movie, a man who needed to find hope again…"Syfy Wire source ↗
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 12 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 68, Hispanic 30, Black 31.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
98
Young Women
21
Older Men
79
Older Women
2
Advocacy12
Entertainment

Audience Representation

White
68
Black
31
Hispanic
30
Asian
41
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
45
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

Where to Watch (US)

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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.

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Average advocacy score of Action titles by release year
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1987114
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199218
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1995111
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1998010
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2001120
2002117
2003214
2004219
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2006123
2007118
2008222
200929
201038
2011312
2012510
2013416
201469
2015716
2016159
2017917
2018920
20191118
20201013
20211025
20221532
20231225
2024831
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2026816
This title (2014)121

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Cast & Crew

Bryan Singer (director) · Jan Philip Cramer (director)