7.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Comedy, Crime • 2020 • 89 min • Older Kids (7+)
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020)
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020)
Overview
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home reunites the quirky sleuths of Santa Barbara for a comedic mystery centered on personal redemption and team bonding. The movie’s apolitical tone and focus on lighthearted friendship keep it unembarrassing for all audiences. Traditional family themes are gently reinforced, while LGBTQ characters from the original series appear without extra narrative weight. This sequel maintains the charm of the franchise without pressing cultural or ideological themes, making it a solid and unproblematic follow-up.
Starring Cast
James Roday Rodriguez • Dulé Hill • Timothy Omundson
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
7.6
Overview
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home reunites the quirky sleuths of Santa Barbara for a comedic mystery centered on personal redemption and team bonding. The movie’s apolitical tone and focus on lighthearted friendship keep it unembarrassing for all audiences. Traditional family themes are gently reinforced, while LGBTQ characters from the original series appear without extra narrative weight. This sequel maintains the charm of the franchise without pressing cultural or ideological themes, making it a solid and unproblematic follow-up.
Starring Cast
James Roday Rodriguez • Dulé Hill • Timothy Omundson
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home is a comedic mystery film focused on personal rehabilitation, friendship, and solving a localized crime. It lacks significant engagement with broader political ideologies, making its overarching themes apolitical.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The film features a diverse supporting cast while maintaining the established main characters of the franchise, and its narrative focuses on traditional comedic mystery tropes without centering explicit ideological critiques.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Neutral
Confidence: High
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home includes established LGBTQ+ characters within its ensemble cast, depicting their personal lives with casual normalcy. The narrative treats these elements as incidental to the primary comedic mystery and camaraderie of the protagonists, resulting in a balanced and unobtrusive representation that neither heavily emphasizes nor undermines queer themes.
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: High
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home centers on long-term committed partnerships, marriage, and the strengthening of both nuclear and extended family bonds during a crisis, solidly affirming traditional relational norms without heavy ideological messaging.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home is a comedic mystery film that focuses on the main characters solving a case to help a recovering friend. The narrative centers entirely on established series regulars and an independent mystery plot, containing no transgender characters, themes, or related storylines.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The main characters returning from the original television series maintain their established canonical genders without any recasting involving a gender change.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The legacy characters returning for this installment are portrayed by the same actors who originated the roles in the television series, maintaining their established racial identities with no alterations.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
7.0
Critic Ratings
8.5
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