9.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Tether (2025)
Tether (2025)
Overview
Tether is a 2025 drama directed by Hariharasudhen Nagarajan. It centers on Leonard (Nick Giedris), a grieving father whose daughter died in a school shooting, encountering Gerald (Ben Burton), the depressed former school resource officer. Joanna Cretella plays Amanda, with Sophia Dawson as Paula.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
9.0
Overview
Tether is a 2025 drama directed by Hariharasudhen Nagarajan. It centers on Leonard (Nick Giedris), a grieving father whose daughter died in a school shooting, encountering Gerald (Ben Burton), the depressed former school resource officer. Joanna Cretella plays Amanda, with Sophia Dawson as Paula.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's exploration of school shooting trauma highlights the urgent need for community efforts to curb gun violence, aligning with progressive emphases on social reform and victim support. This thematic anchor drives its left-leaning perspective without overt ideological preaching.
The film employs traditional casting with white actors in all major roles and presents its white male protagonists in a sympathetic light focused on personal grief without broader social critiques.
Secondary
The film portrays a nuclear family unraveling after a school shooting claims their daughter, with the parents' marriage dissolving into divorce and the father descending into isolated grief. This depiction underscores the fragility of traditional family structures in the face of profound loss, without affirming their endurance.
The film contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The narrative centers on a father grieving his daughter's death in a school shooting and his interactions with the former school resource officer, without any portrayal of transsexual identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Tether features original characters in an independent drama about grief following a school shooting, with no adaptations or historical figures involved. Portrayals align with the genders of the father, daughter, wife, and officer roles.
Tether features original characters created for the screenplay, with no prior canonical or historical racial depictions to compare against, resulting in no instances of race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.0
10.0
Critic Ratings
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