7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama • 2020 • 107 min • Adults (18+)
The Nest (2020)
The Nest (2020)
Overview
Set in 1980s England, The Nest follows Rory, a restless American-raised entrepreneur who uproots his family to pursue wealth in Britain, installing them in a grand manor they cannot afford. Director Sean Durkin frames ambition itself as the antagonist. The Leans Progressive label fits because the film treats male-driven financial overreach as a kind of domestic violence, eroding marriage and childhood stability while the wife's gradual self-assertion becomes the moral center. There is no political messaging in the traditional sense. The critique is personal and economic: the idea that chasing status destroys the people closest to you. The story lands left of center because it frames that pursuit as a patriarchal pathology worth escaping.
Starring Cast
Jude Law • Carrie Coon • Oona Roche
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.3
Overview
Set in 1980s England, The Nest follows Rory, a restless American-raised entrepreneur who uproots his family to pursue wealth in Britain, installing them in a grand manor they cannot afford. Director Sean Durkin frames ambition itself as the antagonist. The Leans Progressive label fits because the film treats male-driven financial overreach as a kind of domestic violence, eroding marriage and childhood stability while the wife's gradual self-assertion becomes the moral center. There is no political messaging in the traditional sense. The critique is personal and economic: the idea that chasing status destroys the people closest to you. The story lands left of center because it frames that pursuit as a patriarchal pathology worth escaping.
Starring Cast
Jude Law • Carrie Coon • Oona Roche
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium
The film critiques the destructive nature of unchecked materialism and performative wealth, highlighting how patriarchal ambition erodes familial bonds and individual identity. Its narrative champions authenticity and personal liberation from these societal pressures.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The movie features traditional casting with a predominantly white main and supporting cast. However, its narrative explicitly critiques a traditional male identity through the central character's negative portrayal of ambition and toxic masculinity, which drives the film's central conflict.
Secondary
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Confidence: High
The film portrays a nuclear family in crisis, strongly critiquing traditional gender roles, patriarchal authority, and the pursuit of superficial success, showing their destructive impact on marriage and children. The narrative endorses the rejection of these norms through the mother's journey of self-assertion.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'The Nest' does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story primarily focuses on the marital and family dynamics of a heterosexual couple and their children, with no elements related to queer identity or experiences present in the plot or character development.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'The Nest' (2020) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a heterosexual couple and their children navigating marital and financial strains after moving to England in the 1980s, without incorporating any elements related to transgender identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The Nest is an original film with characters created specifically for its screenplay. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior adaptations from which characters' genders could have been swapped.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film features original characters created for its screenplay. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous adaptation to establish a canonical race for any character that could then be altered.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
6.1
Critic Ratings
9.0
8.1
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