5.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Western • 2025 • 104 min • Older Kids (7+)
Sod and Stubble (2025)
Sod and Stubble (2025)
Overview
Sod and Stubble follows a German immigrant couple who settle the Kansas plains in 1873, adapting John Ise's biography of his own family's homesteading life. The story is built around lifelong marriage, shared hardship, and raising children through drought, loss, and hard seasons on the frontier. Those themes sit firmly in Traditional territory. There is no political framing pulling in another direction, no identity-politics layer, and no revisionist angle on westward settlement. It is a PG pioneer drama starring Barry Corbin and Buck Taylor, which tells you something about the intended audience before the first frame rolls. Families looking for straightforward historical drama will find the label coherent with the content.
Starring Cast
Barry Corbin • Buck Taylor • Bailey Chase
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
5.4
Overview
Sod and Stubble follows a German immigrant couple who settle the Kansas plains in 1873, adapting John Ise's biography of his own family's homesteading life. The story is built around lifelong marriage, shared hardship, and raising children through drought, loss, and hard seasons on the frontier. Those themes sit firmly in Traditional territory. There is no political framing pulling in another direction, no identity-politics layer, and no revisionist angle on westward settlement. It is a PG pioneer drama starring Barry Corbin and Buck Taylor, which tells you something about the intended audience before the first frame rolls. Families looking for straightforward historical drama will find the label coherent with the content.
Starring Cast
Barry Corbin • Buck Taylor • Bailey Chase
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
Political: Leans Right
Confidence: High
Sod and Stubble follows a German immigrant couple who settle the Kansas plains in 1873 and overcome repeated hardships through determination and devotion to build a lasting home for their family.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
Sod and Stubble follows a Kansas homesteading family through traditional casting and a straightforward narrative that honors the resilience and sacrifices of early settlers.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: High
Sod and Stubble portrays the Ise family's pioneering homestead on the Kansas plains as a story of lifelong marriage, shared hardship, and raising children through love and loss.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low
Sod and Stubble centers on the adventures and hardships of a Kansas pioneer family, presenting no LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its historical narrative.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
Sod and Stubble follows a pioneering family navigating life and hardship on the Kansas plains. The story centers on traditional frontier experiences with no transgender characters or themes present.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Sod and Stubble adapts the historical biography of a Kansas pioneering family with all major characters retaining their documented genders from the source record.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Sod and Stubble portrays a real historical family of European descent settling the Kansas plains in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The principal cast consists of actors whose racial background aligns with the documented identities of the individuals depicted in the source biography.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low
Not depicted.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.3
5.5
Critic Ratings
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