The Oath

Summary: In a politically divided America, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family.

Release Date: October 19, 2018

Genres: Comedy, Thriller

Director: Ike Barinholtz

Writer: Ike Barinholtz

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: 23/34 Productions, Aperture Media Productions, QC Entertainment, Topic Studios

Distributor: Roadside Attractions, Topic Studios

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 401,463

International: $ 2,389

Box office:

Domestic:$401.5KInternational:$2.4KWorldwide:$403.9K

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The Metacritic audience rated this -9% lower than the critics.

Metacritic Meta:

58/100

Metacritic User:

49/100

33%11%

33% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

11% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White50%Jewish38.89%Black5.56%Asian5.56%

0.65

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Message1/5
Role model1/5
Violence4/5
Sex1/5
Language4/5
Drugs3/5

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CONTENT BREAKDOWN

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Race	White	Black	Latino	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	9	3		12		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Surname	4			4		A third party free program that uses US Census data to create an algorithm that analyzes surnames and guesses what ethnicity the person is. Obviously there are issues with this data set such as African Americans who have the last names of their ancestors' slave owner. However, when no other data set is available, this can give a rough estimate and expand the data pool for the less important cast members with no IMDb or TMDb image. Please consider downloading their source code via GitHub to verify the accuracy of our data set, and to peer review our conclusions. Source: https://pypi.org/project/ethnicolr/
Forebears		1	1	2
Familysearch	1			1
Total	14	4	1	19
Cast Percentages	73.68%	21.05%	5.26%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":73.68,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":21.05,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":5.26,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (2020) Percentage	57.84%	12.4%	18.73%		{"name":"U.S. Population (2020)","series":[{"name":"White","y":57.84,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.54,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":6,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.4,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":1.35,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":1.12,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":18.73,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":9.32,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":2.02,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (2020) Representation	+15.84	+8.65	-13.47		{"name":"U.S. Population (2020)","series":[["White",57.84],["Black",12.4],["Latino",18.73]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":73.68,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":21.05,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.26,"color":"#eeaaee"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2023) Percentage	72.69%	8.02%	10.06%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2023)","series":[{"name":"White","y":13897000000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":1333100000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1533100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":136400000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1924000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":295300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2023) Representation	+0.99	+13.03	-4.8		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2023)","series":[["White",72.69],["Black",8.02],["Latino",10.06]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":73.68,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":21.05,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.26,"color":"#eeaaee"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	65.34%	9.43%	9.51%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":11825174998483,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":1360705388565,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1706765993728,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":164296821776,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1721419354421,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":1318328353188,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+8.34	+11.62	-4.25		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",65.34],["Black",9.43],["Latino",9.51]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":73.68,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":21.05,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.26,"color":"#eeaaee"}]}
World population (2019) Percentage	14.24%	14.47%	5.62%		{"name":"World population (2019) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":14688882870,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":42991259469,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":10971786583,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":108889096410,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":110601821551,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":238860161621,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":67406299429,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":167470202093,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":2568698093,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (2019) Representation	+59.44	+6.58	-0.36		{"name":"World population (2019) ","series":[["White",14.24],["Black",14.47],["Latino",5.62]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":73.68,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":21.05,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.26,"color":"#eeaaee"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	6.38%	9.35%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+37.2	+14.67	-4.09		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Black",6.38],["Latino",9.35]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":73.68,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":21.05,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.26,"color":"#eeaaee"}]}
Notes			Many Latinos check "White" or "Other" on the Census. So this overlaps with "Mixed" race and "White." Also, when there was a discrepancy with the percentage listed on the Wikipedia table and our calculated numbers, the Wiki table's numbers were used. Likewise, when the population total was missing from the Census pdf, the estimate was calculated using the percentage from the Wiki table. NOTE: It turns out that the reason America doesn't have a separate "Latino" race is because the League of Latin American Citizens protested against discrimination towards Mexicans and got themselves to legally be considered "White." Check the research links in our Google Doc for more info.

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Message 1/5	Tolerance, listening to others' viewpoints seem to be valued, but these qualities are only really exhibited by one character ... who has a concussion and isn't himself. Film's most positive aspect is how it explores valid reasons that some people feel compelled to make choices that aren't acceptable to others. All viewpoints are mocked.
Role model 1/5	Really only three notable characters who behave rationally: Main character's sister, his wife, and a government officer who's trying to rein in his rabid partner. But even they've compromised themselves in serious ways, so it's hard to see them as "positive." Diversity within the cast.
Violence 4/5	Once story turns dark, there's a lot of brutal behavior: pistol-whipping, punching, kicking, bludgeoning, stabbing, shooting. It's quite bloody.
Sex 1/5	A married couple is shown starting a sexual encounter.
Language 4/5	Persistent strong language, especially "f--k" and "motherf-----r." Also "bulls--t," "s--t," "bitch," "c--t," "p---y," "t--ties," "a--hole," "Jesus Christ," and racist and homophobic slurs.
Drugs 3/5	Adults drink at a family gathering, including cocktails and wine at dinner. Two adults smoke a joint.