5.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Don't Tell Larry (2025)
Don't Tell Larry (2025)
Overview
Dark comedy about ambitious office worker Susan, who tells a small lie to her eccentric coworker Larry to secure a promotion, only for events to spiral out of control. Directed by Greg Porper and John Schimke. Stars Patty Guggenheim as Susan, Kiel Kennedy as Larry, and Heath Allyn.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
5.5
Overview
Dark comedy about ambitious office worker Susan, who tells a small lie to her eccentric coworker Larry to secure a promotion, only for events to spiral out of control. Directed by Greg Porper and John Schimke. Stars Patty Guggenheim as Susan, Kiel Kennedy as Larry, and Heath Allyn.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's examination of office rivalries and the chaos from a promotional lie emphasizes individual mishaps over any ideological stance, resulting in a neutral political perspective.
The film includes visible diversity through a Black male co-lead and an LGBTQ actress in a supporting role. Workplace dynamics drive the comedy without centering critiques of traditional identities.
Secondary
The portrayal includes incidental queer representation via lead Susan, a woman attracted to women, revealed through casual dialogue and comedic interactions that neither uplift nor denigrate LGBTQ+ identity. Queerness serves as a background element in the workplace comedy-thriller narrative.
The film depicts no meaningful family structures or relationships, centering entirely on workplace lies and ensuing mayhem. Family life remains unaddressed, yielding a neutral portrayal.
The film contains no identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on workplace lies and their consequences among straight-presented colleagues, with incidental LGBTQ+ elements limited to a lesbian supporting character whose arc involves professional intrigue without trans-related content.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Don't Tell Larry presents an original story with newly created characters, including a female lead and male co-worker, without drawing from prior adaptations, historical figures, or established canon that would involve gender changes.
Don't Tell Larry adapts its 2018 short film, retaining the original actor for Larry and recasting Susan and Patrick with performers matching the source portrayals' racial profiles, with no discrepancies identified.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.4
5.6
Critic Ratings
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