Western, Drama  •  2025  •  104 min  •  Adults (18+)

Broke (2025)

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Broke (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed

Viewer Rating
7.4

Overview

Broke follows bronc rider True Brandywine as his rodeo career crumbles under the weight of brain injury, a sudden blizzard, and a reckoning with dreams that never quite landed. The neo-Western genre does a lot of the cultural work here: frontier self-reliance, father-son tension over land and legacy, and straight male identity treated as default rather than subject to examination. The cast skews traditionally, and the film's emotional architecture leans on a man quietly absorbing consequences rather than systemic critique. None of that is polemical, but the aggregate signals point in a consistent direction. Leans Traditional covers it fairly.


Starring Cast

Wyatt Russell  •   Dennis Quaid  •   Auden Thornton


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

This neo-Western anchors in the rider's private code and the land's indifference, with no ideological push toward systemic critique or traditionalist revival; the solution lies in solitary reckoning with choices and limits.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: High

Traditional casting fills every lead role with white performers in this neo-Western. The narrative frames straight male identity, father-son bonds, and frontier self-reliance without critique or DEI emphasis.

Secondary

Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High

Father-son friction simmers across the ranch fence while the family holds to its land and code, yet the son’s path pulls against the old man’s grip.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

No transgender characters or themes appear.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low

No gender swap rides these trails. Original screenplay spins a fresh yarn of bronc rider True Brandywine and his kin, no legacy figures or prior canon recast across the divide.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low

No race swaps occur. All characters are original creations in this screenplay with no prior canonical racial depictions from source material, history, or earlier versions that differ from the on-screen actors.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.4

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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6.1
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7.1

Critic Ratings

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9.1
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N/A

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