Mystery, Thriller, Horror  •  2025  •  114 min  •  Adults (18+)

Gazer (2025)

Gazer poster

Gazer (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

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

Viewer Rating
6.7

Overview

Gazer follows Frankie, a young mother with dyschronometria, a condition that scrambles her perception of time. She navigates custody pressure and financial desperation by taking a mysterious job, guided only by cassette tapes she leaves herself. The thriller sits firmly in personal-stakes horror territory with no political or ideological scaffolding, which is largely why it lands Leans Traditional. The story centers on a mother fighting to keep her family intact, the cast skews white without recasting implications, and the narrative carries no LGBTQ, religious, or progressive social framing. What tilts the needle is the family-as-motivation structure and a social composition that simply reflects rather than challenges mainstream conventions.


Starring Cast

Ariella Mastroianni  •   Renee Gagner  •   Jack Alberts


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film's emphasis on individual neurological disorientation and personal mystery contains no ideological framing, social critique, or partisan messaging, rendering the narrative apolitical.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium

Casting features predominantly white actors in principal roles with no recasting of traditionally white characters. Narrative focuses on personal psychological and mystery elements without negative framing or central critique of traditional identities.

Secondary

Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High

A single mother's custody battle with her mother-in-law and efforts to provide for her daughter amid personal loss frame family as a source of motivation and tension without affirming or subverting traditional norms.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the film. The narrative centers on a single mother's neurological condition and a mystery without any queer elements or identity arcs.

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: Medium

The film contains no gender-swapped characters. All named roles are original creations with genders matching the actors' portrayals and no ties to prior source material, adaptations, or documented historical figures.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

Gazer is an original screenplay featuring newly invented characters with no prior canonical or historical racial depictions in source material.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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5.5
The Movie Database logo
6.2

Critic Ratings

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8.0
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7.1

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