Apple TVSaving Grace (2007)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.4
Overview
Grace Hanadarko is a tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite having an excellent career in solving crimes, takes self-destruction to new heights. After seeing tremendous tragedy, both professionally and personally, Grace reaches a turning point one night and meets a rough-hewn angel with a similar past who wants to help lead her back to the right path.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TV
Google PlayBias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Positive
Overview
Grace Hanadarko is a tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite having an excellent career in solving crimes, takes self-destruction to new heights. After seeing tremendous tragedy, both professionally and personally, Grace reaches a turning point one night and meets a rough-hewn angel with a similar past who wants to help lead her back to the right path.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film leans left due to its central premise of a sympathetic protagonist successfully engaging in illegal cannabis cultivation as a solution to financial hardship, implicitly questioning the justice and efficacy of drug prohibition.
The movie features a visibly diverse main cast, including significant roles for Black, Hispanic, and Native American actors. However, its narrative primarily focuses on individual character struggles and crime procedural elements, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering its themes around explicit DEI advocacy.
Secondary
Saving Grace features Detective Butch Ada, a recurring gay character whose relationship with his partner, Ben, is portrayed with dignity and culminates in their marriage. This depiction offers an affirming and positive representation of LGBTQ+ lives and love within the series, without relying on stereotypes or negative framing.
The series is fundamentally built on Christian theological concepts of grace, redemption, and divine intervention through an angel. While the protagonist is deeply flawed, the narrative consistently affirms the existence of a benevolent higher power and the possibility of spiritual transformation, positioning these elements positively.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Saving Grace is an original television series. All characters were created specifically for this show, meaning there are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose gender could have been altered.
Saving Grace is an original television series, not an adaptation of existing material or a historical biopic. Its characters were created for the show, meaning there is no prior canonical or historical race to be altered. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.6
7.6
Critic Ratings
7.6
6.7
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