8.5
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Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Micro Budget (2026)
Micro Budget (2026)
Overview
Mockumentary comedy directed by Morgan Evans follows aspiring filmmaker Terry, who moves from Iowa to Los Angeles with his nine-months-pregnant wife Erica to shoot a low-budget sci-fi feature about a meteor disaster. Starring Patrick Noth as Terry, Emilea Wilson as Erica, Nichole Sakura, Chris Parnell, and Matt McCoy.
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Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
8.5
Overview
Mockumentary comedy directed by Morgan Evans follows aspiring filmmaker Terry, who moves from Iowa to Los Angeles with his nine-months-pregnant wife Erica to shoot a low-budget sci-fi feature about a meteor disaster. Starring Patrick Noth as Terry, Emilea Wilson as Erica, Nichole Sakura, Chris Parnell, and Matt McCoy.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The mockumentary exposes a director's hypocritical stances on diversity and #MeToo as sources of conflict in a chaotic production, critiquing social issues in the entertainment industry. This satirical lens on progressive topics determines the left-leaning alignment.
Visible diversity appears in the cast with Asian-American and Black performers alongside white leads. The narrative satirizes a white male director's outdated perspectives on diversity and sexual harassment, highlighting tensions around these issues in indie filmmaking.
Secondary
The film depicts a nuclear family strained by the husband's reckless career ambitions, which endanger his pregnant wife's health and undermine his role as a responsible partner and future father. This portrayal questions traditional norms of marital support and parental duty.
The film contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Satirical elements touch on general diversity and industry movements like #MeToo, but queer identity remains absent.
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The mockumentary follows a novice director's chaotic attempt to make a low-budget disaster movie, focusing on interpersonal dramas among the cast and crew without addressing trans identities.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Micro Budget presents original characters in a mockumentary format about aspiring filmmakers, without drawing from prior source material, historical figures, or legacy adaptations that would involve gender swaps.
Micro Budget is an original mockumentary comedy featuring newly created characters without established racial baselines from prior source material, adaptations, or historical figures. No instances of race swaps occur.
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