6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (2007)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.5
Overview
Welcome to the gayest of gay ghettos, West Lahunga Beach, where Rick and Steve make their fabulously decorated double-income-no-kids home. That is until Rick's lifelong lesbian friend Kirsten asks him to be the father of her child. There's just one catch, Kirsten's wife Dana and Rick's husband Steve are mortal enemies. The insults fly, nothing goes unspoken, and the ugly, bitter truth about domestic bliss never looked so cute. Starring the voices of Alan Cumming, Peter Paige, Wilson Cruz, and Margaret Cho, with music from the creators of Avenue Q. Viewer discretion advised.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Overview
Welcome to the gayest of gay ghettos, West Lahunga Beach, where Rick and Steve make their fabulously decorated double-income-no-kids home. That is until Rick's lifelong lesbian friend Kirsten asks him to be the father of her child. There's just one catch, Kirsten's wife Dana and Rick's husband Steve are mortal enemies. The insults fly, nothing goes unspoken, and the ugly, bitter truth about domestic bliss never looked so cute. Starring the voices of Alan Cumming, Peter Paige, Wilson Cruz, and Margaret Cho, with music from the creators of Avenue Q. Viewer discretion advised.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central subject matter, the positive and normalized portrayal of gay relationships and lives, inherently aligns with progressive values of social inclusion and diverse representation, placing it on the left-leaning side of the political spectrum.
This animated series explicitly features gay couples as its central characters, representing a significant departure from traditional media portrayals. The narrative consistently focuses on their lives and relationships, thereby providing a strong and explicit challenge to heteronormative storytelling.
Secondary
This animated series offers a primarily positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters by centering the lives of a gay couple and their queer friends. While employing satire and exaggerated humor, it depicts characters with agency and explores diverse aspects of gay life and relationships, affirming their experiences within a dedicated community context.
The film satirizes and critiques conservative Christian institutions and adherents who express anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments, portraying them as hypocritical, judgmental, or absurd. The narrative consistently sides with the gay characters, framing these religious viewpoints as a source of oppression and prejudice rather than offering any counterbalancing positive portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is an original animated production featuring characters created for the series. There is no prior source material, historical basis, or earlier adaptation from which characters' genders could have been changed.
This animated series features original characters created for the show. There is no prior source material, historical basis, or previous installment where these characters were established as a different race. Therefore, no race swap occurs.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
5.7
Critic Ratings
N/A
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