Is Watermelon Man easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Watermelon Man sad?

Not especially. Less sad than 73% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Watermelon Man violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Watermelon Man scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Watermelon Man end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Watermelon Man

Name: Watermelon Man
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1970
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin, Mantan Moreland

His white bread world just turned upside brown!

Directed by Melvin Van Peebles

Produced by Johanna, Columbia Pictures

1970100 min6.3 / 10

A scathing satirical comedy that uses body-horror transformation and social inversion to skewer racism and suburban hypocrisy.

A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.

Clusters

Absurdist Political Satire Comedy And Satire Native American & Frontier Life Film Genres and Movements Racism And Social Injustice

Genres

Comedy

Keywords

Satire Racist Racism Malicious Independent Film Tanning Bed Hilarious Mean Spirited Scathing Whiteface

Questions people ask

Is Watermelon Man easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Watermelon Man sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.
Is Watermelon Man violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is Watermelon Man scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Does Watermelon Man end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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