7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
This Too Shall Pass (2025)
This Too Shall Pass (2025)
Overview
This Too Shall Pass is a 2025 coming-of-age comedy-drama directed and written by Rob Grant, set in 1980s Calgary. It centers on 16-year-old Simon (Maxwell Jenkins), rebelling against his strict Mormon family by road-tripping to Canada with friends Chris (Jeremy Ray Taylor), Tim (Ben Cockell), James (Jaylin Webb), and John (Aidan Laprete) for a taste of independence.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
This Too Shall Pass is a 2025 coming-of-age comedy-drama directed and written by Rob Grant, set in 1980s Calgary. It centers on 16-year-old Simon (Maxwell Jenkins), rebelling against his strict Mormon family by road-tripping to Canada with friends Chris (Jeremy Ray Taylor), Tim (Ben Cockell), James (Jaylin Webb), and John (Aidan Laprete) for a taste of independence.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's core conflict centers on a teenager's rebellion against a suffocating strict Mormon family environment marked by religious hypocrisy, promoting themes of personal freedom and independence that subtly align with progressive critiques of religious fundamentalism.
Visible diversity appears in the cast through Black actors portraying key friends in the ensemble. The narrative offers a subtle critique of rigid religious traditions via the protagonist's rebellion, without centering explicit DEI messaging.
Secondary
LGBTQ+ representation centers on a confident gay teen who contrasts with the straight protagonists' confusion, affirming queer identity through dignity and agency amid a journey of self-discovery. While one minor role feels sidelined, the overall depiction validates complexity without mockery or harm.
The film portrays a strict Mormon family as oppressive and isolating, with parental authority enforced through punishment and surveillance, driving the protagonist to rebel and seek independence. This questioning of traditional religious and hierarchical family norms favors progressive values of personal freedom over rigid structures.
The film contains no identifiable transgender characters or themes. Its coming-of-age narrative focuses on a Mormon teen's rebellion without addressing transsexual identity.
Female characters Misty and Shelly appear in supporting roles during the teen boys' rebellious getaway. The story focuses on emotional growth, friendships, and mishaps like getting robbed, with no physical combat scenes involving them against male opponents.
This Too Shall Pass presents original characters in a coming-of-age narrative centered on a teenage boy rebelling against his Mormon upbringing. No adaptations, prior installments, or historical figures involve gender changes.
This Too Shall Pass presents original characters in a coming-of-age narrative set in 1980s Syracuse, with no source material or prior adaptations establishing canonical races for the roles.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
7.5
Critic Ratings
8.6
N/A
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