6.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Self-Help (2025)
Self-Help (2025)
Overview
Self-Help is a 2025 horror-thriller directed by Erik Bloomquist. Landry Bender stars as Olivia, a young woman who infiltrates a self-help community after her mother becomes involved with its leader, Curtis Clark (Jake Weber). Madison Lintz plays Sophie and Amy Hargreaves plays Rebecca as the group gathers for a secluded weekend retreat.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
6.0
Overview
Self-Help is a 2025 horror-thriller directed by Erik Bloomquist. Landry Bender stars as Olivia, a young woman who infiltrates a self-help community after her mother becomes involved with its leader, Curtis Clark (Jake Weber). Madison Lintz plays Sophie and Amy Hargreaves plays Rebecca as the group gathers for a secluded weekend retreat.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's narrative centers on the dangers of manipulative self-help groups and unresolved personal trauma, presenting these elements through a psychological lens without endorsing or critiquing specific political ideologies. The decisive factor is the consistent focus on individual and familial dynamics across reviews, devoid of partisan messaging.
The cast includes visible diversity in supporting roles with Black and multiracial/Latino actors, alongside a predominantly white lead ensemble. The story critiques cult manipulation through a white male leader but does not explicitly target traditional identities in a DEI framework.
Secondary
The film's central mother-daughter relationship is depicted as estranged and toxic, burdened by unspoken trauma and the mother's prioritization of a manipulative cult leader over familial duties, thereby questioning traditional parental authority and family stability.
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the film.
The film contains no transgender characters or themes. The story centers on a young woman's infiltration of a cult-like self-help group to reconnect with her mother, without addressing transsexual identities or related arcs.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Self-Help presents an original story with newly created characters, lacking any adaptations, prior installments, or historical figures that could involve gender swaps.
Self/Help is an original psychological thriller with newly created characters lacking established racial baselines from source material, historical records, or prior adaptations. No instances of race swaps occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.7
5.0
Critic Ratings
8.2
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