7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Friendship (2025)
Friendship (2025)
Overview
Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor Austin, and his attempts to make an adult male friend threatens to ruin both of their lives.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor Austin, and his attempts to make an adult male friend threatens to ruin both of their lives.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film critiques male loneliness as a systemic issue stemming from modern capitalism and technology, yet it explicitly avoids partisan politics and offers a humanist, empathetic call for genuine connection rather than a specific ideological solution.
The movie primarily features a white, heterosexual cast and setting, focusing on the experiences of white, middle-class suburban Americans. While it subtly explores male emotional vulnerability and challenges some traditional norms of masculinity, it does not explicitly engage with broader DEI themes or feature diverse representation.
Secondary
Friendship (2025) explores themes of male loneliness, social awkwardness, and unsettling friendship dynamics between two men. The narrative does not explicitly feature LGBTQ+ characters or themes, nor does it delve into LGBTQ+ representation or experiences, focusing instead on psychological consequences within male relationships.
The film 'Friendship' does not feature any transsexual characters or explore themes related to the transsexual community. Its narrative focuses exclusively on the complexities of male friendship, social anxiety, and emotional vulnerability among cisgender men. Therefore, there is no portrayal of transsexual identity to evaluate within the film's content.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Friendship" is an original screenplay, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or based on historical figures. Therefore, its characters are new and do not have established canonical or historical genders that could be swapped.
The film is an original screenplay with no prior source material establishing character races. All characters are new creations, thus there is no established baseline against which a race swap could occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
6.4
Critic Ratings
8.8
7.2
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