7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller • 2021 • 97 min
The Righteous (2021)
The Righteous (2021)
Overview
The Righteous is a 2021 Canadian drama and horror film that follows a man wrestling with guilt and a spiritual reckoning after receiving a mysterious visit. The public bias label 'Leans Traditional' reflects its focus on conventional family and religious values. The movie emphasizes marital grief, faith, and the consequences of past transgressions, with little to no engagement with modern diversity or inclusion themes. Its narrative centers on personal redemption rather than social critique, subtly endorsing a more traditional moral framework.
Starring Cast
Henry Czerny • Mimi Kuzyk • Mark O'Brien
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
7.0
Overview
The Righteous is a 2021 Canadian drama and horror film that follows a man wrestling with guilt and a spiritual reckoning after receiving a mysterious visit. The public bias label 'Leans Traditional' reflects its focus on conventional family and religious values. The movie emphasizes marital grief, faith, and the consequences of past transgressions, with little to no engagement with modern diversity or inclusion themes. Its narrative centers on personal redemption rather than social critique, subtly endorsing a more traditional moral framework.
Starring Cast
Henry Czerny • Mimi Kuzyk • Mark O'Brien
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film explores universal themes of grief, faith, sin, and divine judgment through a personal, existential lens, without advocating for or critiquing specific political ideologies or societal structures.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features traditional casting with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of roles. Its narrative focuses on personal themes of faith and guilt without engaging in critiques of traditional identities or incorporating explicit diversity, equity, and inclusion themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays a traditional married couple grappling with profound grief and spiritual crisis, where infidelity is depicted as a grave sin and religion is a central, albeit dark, force in their family life, implicitly endorsing traditional family values.
Christianity: Negative
Confidence: High
The film portrays a deeply unsettling and terrifying version of Christian faith, focusing on a demanding, judgmental God and the oppressive burden of sin and divine punishment. It uses Christian theology to create a horror narrative where faith is a source of torment and moral compromise, rather than solace or redemption.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'The Righteous' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a former priest grappling with grief and a mysterious visitor, exploring themes of faith, guilt, and redemption without incorporating queer identities or experiences.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'The Righteous' is a psychological horror exploring themes of faith, guilt, and grief within its core narrative. Based on available plot summaries and character analyses, there are no identifiable transgender characters or themes present in the film's storyline or character arcs.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an original story featuring newly created characters, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a reboot with established character genders. Therefore, no characters were canonically or historically established as a different gender prior to this portrayal.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an original story with no prior source material, historical figures, or established canon for its characters. Therefore, no character's race could have been changed from a previously established depiction.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.0
6.3
Critic Ratings
9.2
6.7
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