Comedy, TV Movie  •  2017  •  40 min

Tour de Pharmacy (2017)

Tour de Pharmacy poster

Tour de Pharmacy (2017)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Family Values: Mixed

Viewer Rating
7.5

Overview

Tour de Pharmacy is a 40-minute HBO mockumentary skewering the doping culture of professional cycling, with Jon Hamm narrating and Andy Samberg among the fictional riders confessing their pharmaceutical sins. The comedy is broad and gleefully absurd. The Leans Traditional label is driven by two specific choices. One character's effeminate mannerisms are played for laughs in ways that lean on caricature. A second character transitions gender primarily as a competitive loophole, framing the act as a cynical cheat rather than a genuine identity. Both choices read as punching at LGBTQ+ figures for easy comic effect. The satirical framing of cycling corruption itself is politically neutral.


Starring Cast

Jon Hamm  •   Andy Samberg  •   Orlando Bloom


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film is a mockumentary satirizing widespread doping in professional cycling, a topic without inherent political valence, and its comedic approach does not champion any specific ideological solution or critique.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

The movie features a cast with visible diversity in supporting roles, but it does not explicitly recast traditionally white roles with minority actors. Its narrative primarily satirizes the culture of professional cycling and doping, without critically portraying traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its story.

Secondary

LGBTQ: Negative
Confidence: Medium

Tour de Pharmacy features characters whose portrayals lean on effeminate stereotypes and implied same-sex relationships for comedic effect. The humor often derives from these elements being presented as scandalous or absurd, reinforcing caricatures rather than offering nuanced or affirming depictions of LGBTQ+ identity. The net impact is negative due to the reliance on problematic stereotypes without counterbalance.

Trans: Negative
Confidence: Low

The film depicts JuJu Peppi, a male cyclist who transitions to female solely to exploit a perceived competitive advantage in women's sports. This portrayal frames gender transition as a cynical tactic for cheating, rather than a genuine identity. The narrative uses this premise for mockery, reinforcing harmful stereotypes about trans women in sports and presenting the identity as a source of ridicule.

Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High

The film is a mockumentary focused on doping in professional cycling, and its narrative does not contain meaningful content related to family structures, roles, or values, thus offering no clear endorsement or critique of any particular family model.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an original mockumentary featuring newly created characters for its narrative. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose gender could have been altered from established source material or real-world history.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an original mockumentary featuring fictional characters created for the production. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose race could be altered.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High

Not depicted in the film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.1
The Movie Database logo
6.7

Critic Ratings

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9.0
Metacritic logo
7.1

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