6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Dead of Winter (2025)
Dead of Winter (2025)
Overview
A widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
A widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film receives a neutral rating as it presents a central conflict driven by a lack of healthcare access, a theme often associated with left-leaning critiques, but resolves the immediate narrative through individual self-reliance and resourcefulness, a theme often associated with right-leaning values, all within a genre thriller framework without explicit political statements.
The movie features a predominantly white cast in lead and supporting roles, aligning with traditional casting practices. Its narrative, while featuring strong female characters, does not explicitly incorporate DEI themes, critiques of traditional identities, or racial/equity elements, focusing instead on a character-driven winter noir plot.
Secondary
The film's plot summaries, reviews, and production notes do not reference any LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or subtext. The narrative focuses on a survival confrontation involving a fisherwoman, a kidnapped young woman, and an armed couple. Therefore, there is no identifiable LGBTQ+ depiction to evaluate.
Dead of Winter, 2025, a thriller about a widow confronting kidnappers, does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses entirely on a survival plot involving organ harvesting, leading to an N/A rating for transsexual portrayal. For example, the plot details Barb's trap-setting and fights, with no mention of gender identity.
The film features Barb, who uses traps and environmental sabotage against a male opponent, but not direct physical combat. A hand-to-hand fight occurs between two female characters. No scenes depict a female character defeating a male opponent in close-quarters physical combat.
The provided information explicitly states that no characters in *Dead of Winter* (2025) have on-screen genders that differ from their established genders in source material or historical records.
The film "Dead of Winter (2025)" is based on an original screenplay with no prior source material. All characters are new creations for this film, therefore, there are no pre-established characters whose race could be swapped.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.1
6.4
Critic Ratings
7.6
6.9
More Like This
Leans Traditional
8.2
Captain Phillips
(2013)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Leans Traditional
7.5
Lethal Weapon
(1987)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Leans Traditional
7.1
Vanishing Point
(1971)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Leans Traditional
7.5
Grosse Pointe Blank
(1997)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
8.3
The Terminator
(1984)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Traditional
8.1
Bullitt
(1968)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.2
Clear and Present Danger
(1994)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Traditional
7.0
Space Cowboys
(2000)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
6.8
The Rock
(1996)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
6.8
Bad Boys for Life
(2020)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Center
7.3
Furious 7
(2015)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Leans Traditional
7.9
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
(1970)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
6.5
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
(2003)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
8.2
Die Hard
(1988)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Traditional
6.5
The Enforcer
(1976)
Political: Strong Right
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.2
The Count of Monte Cristo
(2002)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Traditional
7.9
To Live and Die in L.A.
(1985)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Leans Traditional
7.2
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
(2025)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Leans Traditional
6.9
The Towering Inferno
(1974)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.6
Escape from New York
(1981)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate