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Documentary  •  2026  •  82 min

Shuffle (2026)

Shuffle poster

Shuffle (2026)

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
8.9

Overview

Shuffle, Benjamin Flaherty's feature documentary debut, examines insurance-driven fraud in the U.S. addiction treatment industry, informed by his recovery experience. With access through an FBI informant, insurance analyst, and former facility executive, it follows three individuals over three years, posing how vulnerable patients navigate exploitative cycles to survive. Grand Jury Prize winner at SXSW 2025.

Starring Cast

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium

The documentary exposes the addiction treatment industry's reliance on insurance fraud and predatory practices that prioritize profit over patient recovery, embodying a progressive critique of corporate exploitation in healthcare. This systemic focus determines its left-leaning orientation without overt ideological advocacy.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Low

The documentary presents three young adult subjects—two men and one woman—without highlighting ethnic diversity in their selection or backgrounds. Its examination of fraud in the addiction treatment system emphasizes economic exploitation over critiques of traditional identities or explicit DEI concerns.

Secondary

Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: Low

Families appear as resilient yet victimized entities in the exploitative addiction recovery system, with parents shouldering undue blame for their children's struggles that the film reframes as institutional failure. This depiction affirms the value of familial bonds and support without challenging traditional structures.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium

The documentary examines the addiction treatment industry without featuring any LGBTQ+ characters or themes.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium

The documentary examines the exploitative practices in the addiction treatment industry, following three individuals navigating fraudulent rehab facilities. No transsexual characters or themes appear in the narrative.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

Shuffle presents real individuals in opioid recovery as themselves in an original documentary format, without source material adaptations, historical figures, or recast characters that would involve gender swaps.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low

Shuffle is a documentary that follows real individuals navigating addiction and treatment fraud, featuring no adaptations, fictional characters, or portrayals of historical figures with canonical races.

Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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Critic Ratings

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10.0
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7.8

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