7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Comedy • 2018 • 91 min • Adults (18+)
Support the Girls (2018)
Support the Girls (2018)
Overview
Support the Girls follows Lisa, the manager of a Hooters-style highway sports bar, through one particularly brutal day of holding her staff together against a tide of small disasters. The film earns its Leans Progressive label through its sympathetic lens on low-wage women doing emotional labor in an openly objectifying workplace. Female solidarity functions as the real safety net here, replacing both traditional family structures and institutional support. Lisa's marriage is fraying, no religious framework appears, and the women lean on each other in ways the workplace and the economy clearly never will. The politics are felt rather than stated, which keeps the film grounded rather than preachy.
Starring Cast
Regina Hall • Haley Lu Richardson • Dylan Gelula
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.5
Overview
Support the Girls follows Lisa, the manager of a Hooters-style highway sports bar, through one particularly brutal day of holding her staff together against a tide of small disasters. The film earns its Leans Progressive label through its sympathetic lens on low-wage women doing emotional labor in an openly objectifying workplace. Female solidarity functions as the real safety net here, replacing both traditional family structures and institutional support. Lisa's marriage is fraying, no religious framework appears, and the women lean on each other in ways the workplace and the economy clearly never will. The politics are felt rather than stated, which keeps the film grounded rather than preachy.
Starring Cast
Regina Hall • Haley Lu Richardson • Dylan Gelula
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High
The film is left-leaning due to its empathetic portrayal of low-wage female workers facing systemic exploitation and economic precarity, highlighting their struggles and the importance of mutual support within an objectifying workplace.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium
The movie features a visibly diverse cast, including a Black lead actress, in roles that are not traditionally defined by race. The narrative explores themes of female solidarity and economic challenges within a service industry setting, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering on a strong DEI agenda.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays a chosen family among co-workers as the primary source of support, while depicting the breakdown of a traditional marriage and the absence of traditional gender roles or religious family life. It normalizes alternative family arrangements and relationships outside of traditional norms.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film Support the Girls does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers exclusively on the experiences of cisgender, heterosexual women working in a specific service industry, without incorporating any queer identities or storylines.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'Support the Girls' does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on the experiences of cisgender women working in a sports bar, exploring themes of female camaraderie, labor, and resilience within that specific context, without engaging with transgender identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Support the Girls" is an original screenplay with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which character genders could have been established and subsequently altered.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Support the Girls" features original characters created for the production, with no prior established racial identities from source material, previous adaptations, or historical records. Consequently, no character can be considered a race swap.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film. No characters, symbols, or themes related to Hinduism are present.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.1
Critic Ratings
9.1
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