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The Shack (2017)

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The Shack (2017)

Overview

A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.


Starring Cast


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center

Political: Leans Right
Diversity: High
Christianity: Positive

Viewer Rating
4.7

Overview

A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Prime Video logoPrime Video
Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film's central solution to personal suffering and crisis of faith is found through a deeply personal, traditional Christian spiritual journey emphasizing forgiveness and individual faith, which aligns with conservative values.

The movie demonstrates significant DEI through its explicit recasting of traditionally white and male divine figures with minority actors, notably God the Father as a Black woman and the Holy Spirit as an East Asian woman. However, the narrative itself does not explicitly critique traditional identities, focusing instead on a white male protagonist's spiritual journey.

Secondary

The film is a deeply reverent and allegorical exploration of Christian theology, portraying God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit with profound love, wisdom, and compassion. It aims to affirm Christian faith, offering comfort and a path to healing through its specific interpretation of Christian doctrines like the Trinity, suffering, and forgiveness.

The film 'The Shack' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is centered on a man's personal spiritual crisis and healing, making the portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements not applicable.

The film "The Shack" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a man's spiritual healing and understanding of God after a profound loss, with God depicted metaphorically in various forms, none of which relate to transsexual identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film adapts its source novel, which portrays God the Father as a woman and the Holy Spirit as a woman. The movie's on-screen portrayals align with these established genders from the book, thus not constituting a gender swap from its direct source material.

The film adaptation faithfully portrays the races of its characters as established in the source novel, including Papa as an African-American woman, Sarayu as an Asian woman, and Jesus as a Middle Eastern man. No character's race was changed from the original canon.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

4.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.3
The Movie Database logo
7.5

Critic Ratings

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2.0
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3.2

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