6.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama • 2025 • 131 min
Pike River (2025)
Pike River (2025)
Overview
In the aftermath of an explosion that rocked the Pike River Mine and took the lives of 29 West Coasters, two women step up to fight for accountability.
Starring Cast
Melanie Lynskey • Robyn Malcolm • Erroll Shand
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
6.4
Overview
In the aftermath of an explosion that rocked the Pike River Mine and took the lives of 29 West Coasters, two women step up to fight for accountability.
Starring Cast
Melanie Lynskey • Robyn Malcolm • Erroll Shand
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Strong Left
Confidence: Medium
The film's central narrative critiques corporate negligence and governmental failures following a mining disaster, championing the fight for accountability and justice by the victims' families against powerful institutions.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Low
The film features a predominantly traditional cast. The narrative does not indicate an explicit critique of traditional identities or a central DEI focus.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: High
The film portrays the profound impact of a mining tragedy on two families, highlighting the enduring bonds between a wife and her deceased husband, and a mother and her lost son. The narrative centers on the resilience of these traditional family units as the women fight for justice.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
Pike River (2025) does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The film's portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements is not applicable, as no such content is present.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Pike River, 2025 does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore themes of gender and sexual transformation. The narrative focuses on other subjects, with no elements found that depict or relate to transsexual identities or experiences within its plot or character arcs.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film portrays characters whose on-screen gender aligns with their established historical or canonical gender. No instances of a character being portrayed as a different gender are present.
Race Swap: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.4
Critic Ratings
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