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Comedy, Drama  •  2025  •  83 min  •  Teen (13+)

The Dad Quest (2025)

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The Dad Quest (2025)

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Not Rated
Political: Not Rated
Diversity: Not Rated
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
6.2

Overview

A Mexican comedy-drama directed by Salvador Espinosa, this 83-minute PG-13 film follows a father and son who discover they may not be biologically related and hit the road through Mexico to find the truth. The premise is lighthearted, but the emotional center is serious: what makes someone a real parent? The film lands Progressive largely because it builds toward a chosen-family conclusion, treating emotional bonds as more definitive than bloodlines. That is a recognizable progressive value in contemporary family storytelling. No religious, political, or LGBTQ signals push the label further or pull it back. The rating rests almost entirely on the film's quiet argument that family is constructed, not inherited.

Starring Cast

Michel Brown  •   Martino Leonardi  •   Mayra Hermosillo

Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Not Rated

Primary

Political: Not Rated

Web evidence is insufficient to determine any political framing or thematic valence.

Diversity: Not Rated

The film is a Mexican comedy-drama remake centered on a father and son navigating a personal revelation through an adventure across Mexico, emphasizing family bonds and emotional growth with a Latino ensemble in line with the setting and story origin.

Secondary

Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: High

The film centers on a non-biological father and his son bonding during a quest to locate the biological father after the mother's death, ultimately affirming that 'family is who you make it' and prioritizing the existing father-son relationship over strict biology.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low

The film centers on a father and son discovering they may not be biologically related and embarking on a road trip adventure in Mexico to uncover family truths, emphasizing themes of parenthood and chosen bonds without any LGBTQ+ characters or elements.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low

No transgender characters or themes appear in the film, which centers on a father and son discovering they may not be biologically related and embarking on an adventure in Mexico.

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: Low

The film is an original story with newly created characters and no source material, prior adaptations, or historical figures establishing canonical races.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low

Not depicted in the film.

Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.2

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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5.5
The Movie Database logo
6.9

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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