7.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)
Overview
Nancy Stokes, a retired schoolteacher, is pretty sure she has never had good sex. Now that her husband has died, she is determined to take a tour of sexual vistas that until now she has only imagined. She even has a plan; it involves an anonymous hotel room, and a sex worker who calls himself Leo Grande.
Starring Cast
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HuluRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
7.9
Overview
Nancy Stokes, a retired schoolteacher, is pretty sure she has never had good sex. Now that her husband has died, she is determined to take a tour of sexual vistas that until now she has only imagined. She even has a plan; it involves an anonymous hotel room, and a sex worker who calls himself Leo Grande.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
HuluDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideologies such as female sexual liberation, body positivity, and the destigmatization of sex work, directly challenging traditional societal norms regarding women's sexuality and aging.
The film features visible diversity in its central casting with a Black male lead. Its narrative focuses on an older white woman's journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation, subtly critiquing societal norms related to body image and aging without negatively portraying traditional identities.
Secondary
The film offers a positive portrayal by championing sexual liberation, body positivity, and challenging shame around sex. It depicts Leo Grande, a character in a non-normative sexual role, with dignity and agency, fostering an empathetic and respectful view of diverse sexual experiences and identities.
The film portrays the restrictive, sex-negative aspects of a conservative Christian upbringing as a source of lifelong guilt, shame, and unfulfillment for the protagonist, Nancy. Her journey is largely about overcoming these ingrained beliefs to achieve personal liberation and self-acceptance.
The film 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on a cisgender woman's journey of sexual discovery with a cisgender male sex worker, making the portrayal of transsexual identity N/A.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which characters could have been gender-swapped.
This film features original characters created for the movie, Nancy Stokes and Leo Grande. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment establishing a canonical race for these characters to be changed from.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
7.0
Critic Ratings
9.4
7.8
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