Drama, Thriller  •  2025  •  98 min  •  Adults (18+)

The Plague (2025)

The Plague poster

The Plague (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

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

Viewer Rating
7.7

Overview

A socially awkward tween endures the ruthless hierarchy at a water polo camp, his anxiety spiraling into psychological turmoil over the summer.


Starring Cast

Joel Edgerton  •   Everett Blunck  •   Kayo Martin


Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium

The film's left-leaning rating stems from its primary focus on dissecting toxic social hierarchies, peer pressure, and destructive group dynamics that shape masculinity and lead to bullying and exclusion, aligning with progressive analyses of societal structures and their impact on individual behavior.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

The movie features traditional casting with white-presenting leads in an all-boys setting, without explicit diversity initiatives. Its narrative explores themes of masculinity, peer pressure, and adolescent cruelty, including aspects of toxic masculinity, but without explicit DEI framing or a central DEI critique.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium

The film 'The Plague, 2025' centers on themes of masculinity, peer pressure, and bullying within an all-boys summer camp. The provided information details the social dynamics and ostracization of a character, but no LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or plot elements are mentioned in any of the available search results or descriptions.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium

The film 'The Plague, 2025' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on boyhood experiences, social hierarchies, and bullying at an all-boys water polo camp, with no elements related to gender identity or transformation present in the plot or character arcs.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

The film is an original work, not an adaptation of existing source material with established characters. All characters are new creations for this specific film, thus precluding any gender swaps from prior canonical or historical representations.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

The film is an original screenplay with no prior source material. All characters are new creations without pre-established racial identities, meaning there is no prior canon from which a character's race could be swapped.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.5
The Movie Database logo
6.5

Critic Ratings

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9.7
Metacritic logo
7.9

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