7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Plainclothes (2025)
Plainclothes (2025)
Overview
In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men. However, he's surprised to discover a scintillating connection with one of his targets. As their secret connection deepens and internal pressure to deliver arrests intensifies, he finds himself torn between duty and desire.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.3
Overview
In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men. However, he's surprised to discover a scintillating connection with one of his targets. As their secret connection deepens and internal pressure to deliver arrests intensifies, he finds himself torn between duty and desire.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly critiques systemic homophobia and police entrapment of gay men, exploring the personal toll of suppressed sexuality and advocating for authenticity against institutional oppression, aligning it with progressive ideology.
The film 'Plainclothes' features a central narrative focused on a gay undercover police officer and his romantic relationship, explicitly exploring LGBTQ+ themes and experiences. It critiques homophobic policing and societal pressures, portraying the challenges faced by queer individuals in a specific historical context.
Secondary
Plainclothes offers a complex and empathetic portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes through a young officer's coming-out journey and a romantic connection with a target. Set against historical police entrapment, the film explores suppressed sexuality and the challenges of queer love, ultimately affirming the worth of LGBTQ+ lives and relationships despite external prejudice and internal conflict.
The film 'Plainclothes' centers on a gay male protagonist's coming out story and suppressed sexuality in 1997. Based on available information, there are no descriptions or mentions of transsexual characters, transgender themes, or gender transformation within the movie's plot or character arcs. Therefore, the film's portrayal of transsexual characters and themes is N/A.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Plainclothes is an original screenplay with newly created characters. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which character genders could be established and subsequently altered.
The film "Plainclothes" is an original story with newly created characters. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous adaptation to establish a canonical race for any character, thus precluding a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
7.3
Critic Ratings
8.3
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