7.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story (2025)
Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story (2025)
Overview
Biographical sports drama chronicling the early life of Alma Richards, an eighth-grader in 1908 who quits school for ranch work but returns to education after meeting a professor, discovering his high jump talent and Olympic potential. Directed and written by T.C. Christensen, starring Paul Wuthrich as Alma Richards, with Walter Platz and Alesandra Durham.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.7
Overview
Biographical sports drama chronicling the early life of Alma Richards, an eighth-grader in 1908 who quits school for ranch work but returns to education after meeting a professor, discovering his high jump talent and Olympic potential. Directed and written by T.C. Christensen, starring Paul Wuthrich as Alma Richards, with Walter Platz and Alesandra Durham.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film champions overcoming adversity through personal faith, diligent effort, and family backing, embodying conservative principles of self-reliance and moral integrity.
The film employs traditional casting reflective of its historical Mormon pioneer setting, with a predominantly white ensemble. Its narrative delivers an uplifting underdog sports story focused on perseverance and faith, presenting traditional identities in a positive light without incorporating DEI critiques or diverse representations.
Secondary
This rousing sports biopic suits family co-viewing with tweens and up, gently uplifting through its depiction of a humble Mormon family's supportive role in the protagonist's journey. Traditional values shine via faith-guided perseverance and community bonds, presented warmly without critique.
The film depicts the protagonist's Christian faith as a vital source of perseverance, moral integrity, and triumph, shown through prayer and dedication to God amid athletic challenges.
The film contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
The film offers no depiction of transsexual characters or themes. Alma Richards' biographical arc as an Olympic athlete focuses on perseverance and achievement without engaging transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The biopic depicts Alma Richards and supporting historical figures as male, consistent with documented records, with female roles cast accordingly and no evidence of gender alterations for any canonical characters.
The biopic depicts Alma Richards, a historically white Utah athlete, portrayed by Paul Wuthrich without racial alteration, and supporting characters align with their real-life ethnic backgrounds, resulting in no race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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8.2
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