6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Music • 2025 • 95 min
Off the Record (2025)
Off the Record (2025)
Overview
Off the Record follows Astor Grey, a young singer-songwriter who gets entangled with a manipulative rock star who promises her a career and delivers control instead. The film frames this dynamic as a systemic industry problem, with Astor's arc centered on reclaiming her voice, her music, and her sense of self. That framing, where exploitation by a powerful older man is the villain and female autonomy is the goal, is what earns the Leans Progressive label. Religion, LGBTQ themes, and family structures are largely absent. The story stays focused on one woman's fight against a predatory mentor figure, a familiar post-MeToo music-industry narrative that tilts the cultural needle leftward without pushing it hard.
Starring Cast
Rainey Qualley • Ryan Hansen • Olivia Sui
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
6.8
Overview
Off the Record follows Astor Grey, a young singer-songwriter who gets entangled with a manipulative rock star who promises her a career and delivers control instead. The film frames this dynamic as a systemic industry problem, with Astor's arc centered on reclaiming her voice, her music, and her sense of self. That framing, where exploitation by a powerful older man is the villain and female autonomy is the goal, is what earns the Leans Progressive label. Religion, LGBTQ themes, and family structures are largely absent. The story stays focused on one woman's fight against a predatory mentor figure, a familiar post-MeToo music-industry narrative that tilts the cultural needle leftward without pushing it hard.
Starring Cast
Rainey Qualley • Ryan Hansen • Olivia Sui
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High
The film's central narrative frames a young woman's exploitation by an older male mentor in the entertainment industry as a systemic problem solved through her personal fight to reclaim independence and identity.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The film features a primarily white lead cast with one Asian supporting character in a best-friend role. Its story follows a young woman's experience in a turbulent romance and pursuit of a music career, highlighting challenges in the industry and personal independence without broader ideological framing.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High
The film centers on a young musician's toxic romantic relationship with an older rock star and her fight for independence and career autonomy, with family elements limited to a brief, peripheral mention of her mother offering simplistic advice. No meaningful depiction of marriage, parenting, gender roles in the home, or other family structures occurs.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low
The film centers on a heterosexual romance between a female singer-songwriter and a male rock star that turns toxic, with no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes depicted.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
No transgender characters or themes appear in this music-industry drama centered on an aspiring singer entangled with a manipulative mentor. The story focuses on autonomy, exploitation, and resilience without any gender-identity elements.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
Original screenplay featuring newly created characters Astor Grey (female) and Brandyn Verge (male) with no prior canon or source material establishing different genders.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
Original contemporary music-industry drama featuring newly invented characters with no prior canon, source material, or historical basis for any race swap.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.1
5.6
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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