6.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
TV Movie, Drama, Crime, Mystery • 2018 • 83 min • All Ages
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game (2018)
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game (2018)
Overview
Crime-solving librarian Aurora Teagarden leaps headfirst into Lawrenceton’s latest murder investigation when her nephew Phillip and his college roommate go missing after the roommate’s girlfriend is found dead. Enlisting the help of her Real Murders pals, and the handsome college professor Nick Miller who just moved in across the street from her, Roe uncovers a kidnapping plot gone awry.
Starring Cast
Candace Cameron Bure • Lexa Doig • Marilu Henner
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.9
Overview
Crime-solving librarian Aurora Teagarden leaps headfirst into Lawrenceton’s latest murder investigation when her nephew Phillip and his college roommate go missing after the roommate’s girlfriend is found dead. Enlisting the help of her Real Murders pals, and the handsome college professor Nick Miller who just moved in across the street from her, Roe uncovers a kidnapping plot gone awry.
Starring Cast
Candace Cameron Bure • Lexa Doig • Marilu Henner
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film is a cozy mystery focused on an individual solving a disappearance, a narrative structure that prioritizes apolitical puzzles and the restoration of local order. It does not explicitly promote or critique specific political ideologies.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The movie features a cast that includes some visible diversity, but it does not engage in explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles for its main characters. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities and does not incorporate explicit DEI critiques as central themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: High
The movie consistently portrays traditional family values, emphasizing the pursuit of lifelong heterosexual marriage as an ideal, respecting parental guidance, and depicting chaste romantic relationships. While women are independent, the narrative subtly reinforces traditional expectations regarding family formation, though religion is not a prominent factor.
Christianity: Positive
Confidence: High
The film, consistent with the Aurora Teagarden series and Hallmark productions, subtly affirms traditional community values and morality. While not overtly religious, the narrative often frames virtues and community structures (which can include churches as positive gathering places) in a way that aligns with a positive, if understated, Christian worldview.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on Aurora Teagarden investigating the disappearance of her cousin and a subsequent murder, with no elements related to queer identities or experiences.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. While a male character briefly uses a female identity as a disguise within the mystery plot, this is presented as a deceptive tactic rather than a genuine exploration or portrayal of transgender identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an adaptation of a book series. All main and recurring characters maintain the same gender as established in the original source material. There are no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an adaptation of a novel series where main characters are consistently portrayed by actors of the same race as established in the source material. No established character's race was altered for this production.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
7.0
Critic Ratings
N/A
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