7.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama • 2025 • 91 min • Adults (18+)
A Little Prayer (2025)
A Little Prayer (2025)
Overview
A Little Prayer follows a Vietnam veteran father in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who discovers his son is having an affair and quietly moves to protect his daughter-in-law. The film is a slow-burn family drama about loyalty, duty, and the quiet weight of doing the right thing. The Leans Traditional label fits because the story frames marital fidelity and family protection as genuine moral obligations, Christianity appears as a positive background presence, and the central conflict is resolved through personal conscience rather than any systemic or political lens. There are no LGBTQ or ideologically charged elements. The drama is intimate and domestic, rooted in Southern family life and generational responsibility.
Starring Cast
Jane Levy • Will Pullen • David Strathairn
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.7
Overview
A Little Prayer follows a Vietnam veteran father in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who discovers his son is having an affair and quietly moves to protect his daughter-in-law. The film is a slow-burn family drama about loyalty, duty, and the quiet weight of doing the right thing. The Leans Traditional label fits because the story frames marital fidelity and family protection as genuine moral obligations, Christianity appears as a positive background presence, and the central conflict is resolved through personal conscience rather than any systemic or political lens. There are no LGBTQ or ideologically charged elements. The drama is intimate and domestic, rooted in Southern family life and generational responsibility.
Starring Cast
Jane Levy • Will Pullen • David Strathairn
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
A Little Prayer follows a Vietnam veteran father confronting his adult children's marital troubles and personal struggles in suburban North Carolina, framing these issues through individual compassion, family ties, and quiet faith rather than systemic or ideological lenses.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
A Little Prayer centers on a Southern family navigating marital infidelity and protective bonds through a conventional ensemble of white actors in everyday domestic roles.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High
A Little Prayer centers on an extended family living on shared land whose bonds are tested when a son's infidelity creates a crisis, prompting his father to intervene in defense of the daughter-in-law while religious faith shapes the household's response to the unfolding events.
Christianity: Positive
Confidence: High
The film integrates a distinctly Christian dimension into its drama through gospel music, references to the Moravian Church's values of fellowship and service, and a narrative that contrasts these ideals with family life while ultimately affirming themes of forgiveness and spiritual connection.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low
A Little Prayer follows a family in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as it navigates dysfunction, adultery, and difficult choices around abortion. The story contains no LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
A Little Prayer contains no transgender characters or themes. The film centers on a Southern family navigating infidelity, generational tensions, and quiet domestic conflicts without any reference to trans identity or experience.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
A Little Prayer centers on an original family story featuring Bill, Tammy, David, and Patti with no established characters from prior source material reimagined in a different gender.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low
A Little Prayer is an original drama with no source material, prior adaptations, or historical figures whose established race has been altered in casting.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
5.6
Critic Ratings
9.4
8.6
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