6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Documentary, Thriller, Drama, Crime • 2024 • 75 min
Starring Jerry as Himself (2024)
Starring Jerry as Himself (2024)
Overview
Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the Chinese police. Jerry’s family recreates the events on film and his three sons discover a darker truth. True crime meets spy thriller in this genre-bending docufiction hybrid about an immigrant’s search for the American dream. A Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury and Audience Award winner.
Starring Cast
Nick Bailey • Jo Anne Byrne • Zhuang Cai
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Not Rated
Political: Center
Diversity: Not Rated
Viewer Rating
6.6
Overview
Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the Chinese police. Jerry’s family recreates the events on film and his three sons discover a darker truth. True crime meets spy thriller in this genre-bending docufiction hybrid about an immigrant’s search for the American dream. A Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury and Audience Award winner.
Starring Cast
Nick Bailey • Jo Anne Byrne • Zhuang Cai
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Not Rated
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film explores a son's journey to understand his elderly immigrant father's secret life as a debt collector for a crime organization. It focuses on the personal and ethical complexities of family, identity, and difficult choices, without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology.
Diversity: Not Rated
A complete assessment of the film's diversity, equity, and inclusion characteristics is not possible. While the cast exhibits visible diversity, details regarding the narrative and its thematic framing of traditional identities or DEI themes are unavailable, preventing a full evaluation.
Secondary
LGBTQ: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Trans: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
The film Starring Jerry as Himself, 2024, features original characters. It is not an adaptation of existing source material or a biopic of historical figures with established racial identities. No instances of race swapping are identified.
Family Values: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
6.0
Critic Ratings
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