7.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Yellowjackets (2021)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.9
Overview
This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Overview
This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Yellowjackets primarily explores themes of survival, trauma, and the breakdown of societal norms within a group of women, focusing on psychological horror and complex character dynamics rather than explicitly promoting a specific political ideology. The show's central conflicts and the characters' ambiguous 'solutions' do not align predominantly with either progressive or conservative viewpoints.
The series 'Yellowjackets' incorporates visible diversity within its ensemble cast, featuring prominent roles for minority and LGBTQ+ characters. The narrative primarily explores themes of survival, trauma, and female experience, with diversity being an inherent aspect of its character development rather than an explicit critique of traditional identities.
Secondary
Yellowjackets offers a positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters through Taissa Turner's prominent same-sex relationships. Both her adult marriage and teenage romance are depicted with complexity and dignity, facing external challenges unrelated to their queer identity. The show normalizes these relationships, integrating them seamlessly into the narrative without resorting to harmful stereotypes.
Christianity is depicted as largely ineffective or easily discarded in the face of extreme trauma and primal survival. The show portrays characters who nominally adhere to it as struggling with hypocrisy or finding no solace, ultimately replacing it with a darker, emergent belief system.
Yellowjackets does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on the survival and adult lives of a group of cisgender women, with no explicit or implicit exploration of transsexual identities or experiences within its storyline.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Yellowjackets is an original series with characters created specifically for the show. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose gender could have been altered.
Yellowjackets is an original series with no prior source material, historical figures, or previous adaptations. All characters were created for the show, meaning there is no established canonical race to be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.7
7.5
Critic Ratings
9.2
7.4
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