7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Comedy • 2026 • 125 min • Older Kids (7+)
The Hail Mary (2026)
The Hail Mary (2026)
Overview
The Hail Mary is a comedy-drama directed by and starring Daniel Roebuck as Jake Bauer, a troubled loner who accepts a job at a Catholic boys' school from Sister Kathleen (Marsha Dietlein Bennett) and is convinced to coach a football team for at-risk teens. Also stars Sean Whalen and Duane Whitaker.
Starring Cast
Sean Whalen • Daniel Roebuck • Marsha Dietlein • Duane Whitaker
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
The Hail Mary is a comedy-drama directed by and starring Daniel Roebuck as Jake Bauer, a troubled loner who accepts a job at a Catholic boys' school from Sister Kathleen (Marsha Dietlein Bennett) and is convinced to coach a football team for at-risk teens. Also stars Sean Whalen and Duane Whitaker.
Starring Cast
Sean Whalen • Daniel Roebuck • Marsha Dietlein • Duane Whitaker
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Leans Right
Confidence: Medium
The film's central narrative champions redemption via Catholic faith, prayer, and traditional moral guidance, with patriotic elements underscoring communal resilience. This alignment with conservative values, rooted in the religious solution to personal crises, determines the right-leaning bias.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium
Casting features primarily white actors in lead roles with one Black supporting actor for ethnic diversity. Gender inclusion emerges through a girl's involvement in the all-boys football team. Faith and redemption themes integrate subtle elements of community inclusion without central DEI focus.
Secondary
Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays a Catholic boarding school as a surrogate family where nuns exercise parental authority, instill moral values through prayer and discipline, and foster redemption in a faith-centered communal structure. This depiction endorses traditional religious norms in family-like relationships.
Christianity: Positive
Confidence: Medium
The film depicts Christianity through a Catholic nun's guidance of a troubled man toward redemption and renewed faith while coaching a school football team. It affirms Catholic institutions and practices with sympathy, highlighting divine purpose and moral transformation. Religious elements drive the narrative's heartwarming message of hope and forgiveness.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low
The film features no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Any minor elements, such as a disguise for plot purposes, do not engage with queer identity or representation.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium
The film contains no identifiable transgender characters or themes. The narrative centers on a man's redemption through coaching a Catholic school football team, without any exploration of transsexual identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
The Hail Mary presents original characters in an independent comedy, with no adaptations or legacy roles involving gender changes from established sources.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
The Hail Mary presents original characters in a faith-based redemption story centered on a Catholic school football team. No source material or historical basis establishes prior racial identities for the roles, and the cast aligns without discrepancies.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.8
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Critic Ratings
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