6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy • 2025 • 82 min
D(e)ad (2025)
D(e)ad (2025)
Overview
Dark family comedy about Tillie, a floundering young woman, and her charismatic alcoholic father who embark on a road trip to spread her mother's ashes. Directed by Claudia Lonow. Isabella Roland stars as Tillie, with Craig Bierko as the father, Vic Michaelis as Violet, and Brennan Lee Mulligan as Owen. Independent production written by Roland.
Starring Cast
Vic Michaelis • Craig Bierko • Brennan Lee Mulligan
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Judaism: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
Dark family comedy about Tillie, a floundering young woman, and her charismatic alcoholic father who embark on a road trip to spread her mother's ashes. Directed by Claudia Lonow. Isabella Roland stars as Tillie, with Craig Bierko as the father, Vic Michaelis as Violet, and Brennan Lee Mulligan as Owen. Independent production written by Roland.
Starring Cast
Vic Michaelis • Craig Bierko • Brennan Lee Mulligan
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Medium
The film's core conflict revolves around personal family estrangement and grief processing, devoid of any ideological or political framing. This apolitical focus on emotional dynamics determines its neutral rating.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
Visible diversity appears in the cast through Asian-American and non-binary performers amid a primarily white ensemble. The narrative examines family grief without centering critiques of traditional identities or advancing explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: High
The film portrays a blended family confronting grief over a deceased alcoholic father's unresolved flaws through supernatural comedy. It highlights strained parental roles and the value of addressing family conflicts rather than upholding traditional ideals.
Judaism: Positive
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays Jewish family dynamics with nuance and sympathy, using a supernatural haunting to explore grief, reconciliation, and forgiveness in an uplifting manner.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative centers on family dynamics and grief without addressing queer identities or related issues.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The story centers on family grief and a father's ghostly hauntings without addressing transsexual identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
D(e)ad presents original characters in a family dramedy about grief, with no adaptations, legacy roles, or historical figures to enable gender swaps.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
D(e)ad presents original characters in a semi-autobiographical story without prior source material establishing racial canons, so no race swaps occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
7.0
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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