Comedy, Drama  •  2025  •  75 min

Where to Land (2025)

Where to Land poster

Where to Land (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed

Viewer Rating
7.0

Overview

Indie comedy-drama directed by Hal Hartley. Veteran romantic comedy filmmaker Joe Fulton (Bill Sage) updates his last will and testament while applying for a groundskeeper position at a cemetery. His family, friends, and neighbors misinterpret his actions as signs of impending death. Stars Robert John Burke as Leonard, Gia Crovatin as Laura, and Edie Falco. Crowdfunded via Kickstarter.


Starring Cast

Bill Sage  •   Robert John Burke  •   Gia Crovatin

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High

Subtle discussions of resource scarcity, global warming, and capitalist perils infuse the film's reflections on aging and purpose, aligning with progressive concerns amid neutral existential themes.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

Visible diversity appears in supporting roles, including an Asian American actress as the protagonist's girlfriend and a Black actor in a minor part, amid a mostly white cast. The narrative sympathetically explores a white male director's midlife reflections on mortality and simplicity without critiquing traditional identities.

Secondary

Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High

The film portrays peripheral family dynamics through an amicable post-divorce relationship with the protagonist's ex-wife and supportive interactions with his niece and girlfriend, without endorsing or critiquing traditional family norms. Familial concern over the protagonist's actions provides mild positivity but lacks depth in exploring family structures.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium

Where to Land contains no LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a straight director's midlife transitions and interactions with female partners, offering no representation of queer identities.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film offers no portrayal of transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a director contemplating mortality and career change through everyday interactions, without addressing gender identity. A brief metaphorical reference to relational complexity includes 'transgender confusion,' but it serves as incidental wordplay rather than substantive exploration.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

Where to Land presents original characters created for the film, with no adaptations from source material, prior installments, or historical figures that would involve gender swaps.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

Where to Land presents original characters in an independent film with no source material, prior adaptations, or historical figures establishing racial baselines. The portrayals align with new creations, resulting in no race swaps.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.0

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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6.8
The Movie Database logo
7.3

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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