Documentary  •  2025  •  91 min

The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery (2025)

The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery poster

The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
6.8

Overview

In the early twentieth century, a mysterious ecological crisis nearly wiped out the fish that most people cared about in the largest freshwater ecosystem on earth—the Great Lakes. The impact reverberated across the region, ruining local industries, damaging small town economies and indigenous communities, and destroying the livelihoods of people in the United States and Canada. With little reason for hope, a dedicated group of scientists, policymakers, and conservationists tackled the mystery.


Starring Cast

Stephen H. LaHaie  •   Kent LaCombe  •   Bill Mattes


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High

The film chronicles an ecological crisis in the Great Lakes caused by an invasive species, detailing the devastating impact on local industries and communities. It highlights the collaborative efforts of scientists, policymakers, and conservationists who worked to understand and resolve the environmental challenge, ultimately restoring the ecosystem.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

The film explores an ecological crisis in the Great Lakes, highlighting the impact on diverse communities, including indigenous populations and First Nations, and their involvement in addressing the issue. The narrative incorporates visible diversity in its focus without explicitly critiquing traditional identities.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery is a documentary exploring an early twentieth-century ecological crisis in the Great Lakes and the efforts of scientists and conservationists to address it. The film's narrative focuses exclusively on environmental themes and the impact on local communities and industries. There are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present in the film's storyline.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery is a documentary that explores the ecological crisis caused by sea lampreys in the Great Lakes during the early twentieth century. The film's narrative focuses on environmental threats, their impact on local industries and indigenous communities, and scientific solutions. It does not include any transsexual characters or themes of gender identity or transformation.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film does not feature any characters whose on-screen gender differs from their established gender in source material or historical records.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is a documentary exploring an ecological crisis in the Great Lakes and its impact on real communities and individuals. It does not feature fictional characters from source material or specific historical figures whose established race has been altered for on-screen portrayal.

Family Values: N/R

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.2
The Movie Database logo
6.4

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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