6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Novocaine (2025)
Novocaine (2025)
Overview
When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.8
Overview
When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central focus on universal themes of personal growth, individual resilience, and vulnerability, without explicit political commentary or alignment, leads to a neutral rating. The narrative champions an individual's journey through adversity rather than promoting a specific political ideology or societal critique.
The movie includes some racial and ethnic diversity in its casting, notably a Native American actress in a lead role and a Filipino-American actor in a supporting role. The protagonist's rare medical condition is central to the plot, though it is primarily leveraged for action and comedy rather than a nuanced exploration of disability. The narrative focuses on individual heroism and does not deeply engage with systemic DEI themes or critically portray traditional identities.
Secondary
The film portrays Christianity positively by underpinning its narrative with a strong Christian, redemptive, moral worldview. It explores themes of suffering, pain, and redemption through Christian concepts like the 'armor of God,' aligning the protagonist's journey with spiritual motifs of friendship, love, forgiveness, and redemption.
Based on available plot summaries and thematic discussions, Novocaine does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a heterosexual relationship and the protagonist's struggles, indicating no explicit or significant portrayal of the LGBTQ+ community.
The film 'Novocaine' (2025) could not be identified in major film databases. Therefore, an evaluation of its portrayal of transsexual characters or themes is not possible, resulting in a 'No depiction' (N/A) rating.
Based on available information, the film's plot centers on a male protagonist, Nate, and his fights against male adversaries. There are no public records or descriptions of female characters engaging in or winning direct physical combat against male opponents.
The film is an original story, not based on pre-existing source material or historical figures. Consequently, no characters have a prior established gender from source material or history that could be subject to a gender swap.
The film features original characters without prior established racial identities in source material, previous installments, or real-world history. While two siblings are portrayed by actors of different races, this does not constitute a race swap as there is no pre-existing canon to diverge from.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.9
Critic Ratings
8.0
5.8
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