7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Romance, Drama • 2026 • 76 min
Wrestling with Love (2026)
Wrestling with Love (2026)
Overview
Wrestling with Love (2026) is a TV series directed by Edmund Entin and Gary Entin. In this high school drama, shy artist Cal (Zachary Shadrin) joins the wrestling team and receives training from his bully Ricky (Mark Ciccarelli), sparking tensions and rivalries. Arcadia Kendal also stars.
Starring Cast
Zachary Shadrin • Mark Ciccarelli • Arcadia Kendal
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.0
Overview
Wrestling with Love (2026) is a TV series directed by Edmund Entin and Gary Entin. In this high school drama, shy artist Cal (Zachary Shadrin) joins the wrestling team and receives training from his bully Ricky (Mark Ciccarelli), sparking tensions and rivalries. Arcadia Kendal also stars.
Starring Cast
Zachary Shadrin • Mark Ciccarelli • Arcadia Kendal
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Low
The core conflict revolves around a bully-victim dynamic evolving into romantic tension in a male-dominated sports environment, inherently promoting progressive ideals of queer acceptance and emotional openness as the narrative solution.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium
The series prominently features LGBTQ+ representation in its core romance between male characters, offering inclusion for queer identities. The cast lacks racial diversity, with all leads being white actors in mainstream roles. Traditional masculinity faces indirect critique via the bully's arc toward vulnerability.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Positive
Confidence: Medium
The portrayal affirms queer romance and identity in a high school wrestling setting, where rivals develop a slow-burn relationship marked by tension, vulnerability, and mutual respect. External obstacles like team rivalry underscore empathy toward LGBTQ+ experiences, delivering an engaging narrative of self-discovery without harmful tropes.
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium
Family expectations enforce rigid masculinity and heteronormativity, clashing with the protagonists' queer awakening in this intimate rivalry-to-romance arc. Parental authority emerges as a repressive force, underscoring generational tension over identity.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The narrative follows two male wrestlers navigating rivalry and emerging attraction, focusing on coming-of-age dynamics without addressing trans identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Wrestling with Love presents original characters in a new LGBTQ story, with no source material, prior adaptations, or historical figures involving gender changes, leading to no gender swaps.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
Wrestling with Love is an original TV series featuring newly created characters Cal and Ricky, with no established canonical races from source material, leading to no instances of race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.0
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