10.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Comedy, Science Fiction, Drama • 2025 • 8 min
Straw Man (2025)
Straw Man (2025)
Overview
Straw Man is a 2025 sci-fi comedy-drama that follows Max after a bizarre night out leaves him waking up with his friends who can't recognize him. The film explores identity and friendship through its small cast, with a focus on reconnecting and self-discovery. Its Leans Traditional label comes from a narrative grounded in classic themes of friendship and personal relationships. The absence of LGBTQ+, trans, or political themes allows the story to center around more conventional social structures. Though the movie lacks major action or conflict, it offers an intimate look at how people deal with loss of connection.
Starring Cast
Max Ortiz • Nico Martin • Patrick O'Shea
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
10.0
Overview
Straw Man is a 2025 sci-fi comedy-drama that follows Max after a bizarre night out leaves him waking up with his friends who can't recognize him. The film explores identity and friendship through its small cast, with a focus on reconnecting and self-discovery. Its Leans Traditional label comes from a narrative grounded in classic themes of friendship and personal relationships. The absence of LGBTQ+, trans, or political themes allows the story to center around more conventional social structures. Though the movie lacks major action or conflict, it offers an intimate look at how people deal with loss of connection.
Starring Cast
Max Ortiz • Nico Martin • Patrick O'Shea
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Low
Straw Man follows a man who wakes to find his friends no longer recognize him after a strange night, centering the story on efforts to restore personal bonds and understand who he is.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
Straw Man centers on a man's efforts to reconnect with friends who no longer recognize him after a night out, exploring themes of identity and friendship through its small ensemble cast.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Low
Straw Man focuses on friendship, identity, and reconnection among peers without depicting marriage, parenting, or household structures.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low
Straw Man contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, leaving its narrative focused solely on other elements without engaging queer identities or experiences.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
Straw Man contains no transgender characters or themes. Its narrative centers on friendship, identity, and reconnection without any depiction of gender transformation or related elements.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Straw Man centers on an original ensemble of characters named Max, Eli, Nico, and Patrick with no ties to prior source material, historical figures, or legacy roles that would indicate any gender swap.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Straw Man is an original short film featuring newly created characters with no connection to prior source material, historical figures, or established canon. No racial depictions from earlier works are present for comparison or alteration.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low
Not depicted.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
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10.0
Critic Ratings
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