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Drama, Romance  •  2007  •  89 min  •  Adults (18+)

Shelter (2007)

Shelter poster

Shelter (2007)

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Not Rated
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
6.9

Overview

Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he didn't expect.

Starring Cast

Trevor Wright  •   Brad Rowe  •   Tina Holmes

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium

The film's central narrative normalizes and celebrates a gay romance and the protagonist's journey of self-acceptance, aligning with progressive values of LGBTQ+ rights and individual identity.

Diversity: Not Rated

The movie features a predominantly white cast with no explicit racial or gender swaps of traditional roles. Its narrative, however, is centrally focused on a gay relationship, presenting a strong and explicit DEI theme by challenging heteronormative storytelling. Due to the specific constraints of the evaluation categories, a precise narrative score could not be determined.

Secondary

LGBTQ: Positive
Confidence: High

Shelter is a romantic drama centered on the affirming love story between two men, Zach and Shaun. It sensitively portrays Zach's journey of self-acceptance and the challenges he navigates. The film ultimately validates their relationship and queer identity, concluding on a positive and hopeful note.

Christianity: Negative
Confidence: Medium

The film portrays conservative family values, implicitly linked to a Christian background, as a source of conflict and judgment towards the protagonist's homosexuality. The narrative frames this resistance as problematic, causing emotional distress, and champions acceptance and love over such narrow interpretations.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "Shelter, 2007" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its storyline focuses on a romantic relationship between two cisgender men, Zach and Shaun, with no elements related to transsexual identity or experiences present in the narrative.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film "Shelter" (2007) is an original story featuring characters created specifically for this movie. There is no indication of prior source material, historical figures, or previous adaptations from which characters could have been gender-swapped.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

Shelter (2007) is an original film, not an adaptation of existing source material or a biopic. Therefore, its characters do not have a pre-established canonical or historical race to be swapped from.

Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.6
The Movie Database logo
7.7

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
5.8
Metacritic logo
6.6

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