6.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
Overview
Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob-related double homicide.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Race Swap: Yes
Viewer Rating
6.9
Overview
Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob-related double homicide.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film leans right by championing individual integrity and competence in law enforcement, often in defiance of political interference, thereby aligning with themes of individual responsibility and skepticism of government overreach.
The movie features traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, consistent with its genre and series conventions.
Secondary
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson, a character canonically established as Black in Robert B. Parker's novels, is portrayed by a white actor (Kohl Sudduth) in this film adaptation, constituting a race swap.
An evaluation of the film's portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters and themes cannot be completed due to a lack of specific information. There is no data to confirm the presence of such characters or themes, nor to assess their potential depiction.
Currently, there is not enough information available to assess the film's portrayal of transsexual characters and themes. Without specific plot details or character descriptions, it is impossible to determine if any such depictions exist or what their net impact might be.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is an adaptation of a novel from the Jesse Stone series. The main characters and the listed cast members portray roles consistent with their established genders from the source material and prior installments, with no indication of any gender swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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7.1
6.8
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