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The Vortex (2025)

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The Vortex (2025)

Overview

In 1980 Las Vegas, a Native Paiute cleaning lady enters a slots room at the MGM Grand Casino, setting off a chain of strange and unexplained events. Meanwhile, in-house comic Pete plays shrink to a host of colorful misfits while dodging mobsters and collectors. Struggling with a gambling addiction, he faces a life-altering decision that may determine his fate.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Center
Diversity: High

Viewer Rating
6.1

Overview

In 1980 Las Vegas, a Native Paiute cleaning lady enters a slots room at the MGM Grand Casino, setting off a chain of strange and unexplained events. Meanwhile, in-house comic Pete plays shrink to a host of colorful misfits while dodging mobsters and collectors. Struggling with a gambling addiction, he faces a life-altering decision that may determine his fate.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Prime Video logoPrime Video
Apple TV logoApple TV
Fandango
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film explores the personal struggle of a Las Vegas comedian grappling with gambling addiction and mounting debts, set against the backdrop of a casino where hopes often fade. It presents a character-driven narrative focusing on individual choices and the human condition without advocating for a specific political ideology.

The film features an Indigenous Paiute woman as the central character, whose entry into a Las Vegas casino in 1980 sets off a chain of strange events. This casting choice places a minority character at the core of the story. The narrative focuses on the unfolding mystery and does not explicitly critique traditional identities.

Secondary

The Vortex, 2025, explores the life of a Las Vegas comedian grappling with a gambling addiction and mob debts in a 1980s casino. The narrative details his interactions with diverse patrons and the mysterious events unfolding around him. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes.

The Vortex (2025) does not feature transsexual characters, community, or themes of gender and sexual transformation within its narrative. The film's plot and character details do not include any elements related to transsexual identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

No characters in the film are portrayed with a gender different from their established gender in any source material or historical record. All characters appear to be original to the film, with no prior canonical gender to be swapped.

The film features an original character, a Paiute woman, whose race is established within the movie's narrative. There is no prior canonical or historical depiction of this character to constitute a race swap.

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
5.0
The Movie Database logo
4.0

Critic Ratings

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9.2
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N/A

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