7.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Teen Wolf (2011)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.7
Overview
Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life. The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his best friend; Allison, his love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Positive
Female Combat: Yes
Race Swap: Yes
Overview
Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life. The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his best friend; Allison, his love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film focuses on apolitical, universal coming-of-age themes of individual self-acceptance and finding confidence within existing social structures, rather than promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies.
The movie features traditional casting with a predominantly white ensemble and does not include intentional race or gender swaps for established roles. Its narrative focuses on a conventional coming-of-age story, framing traditional identities in a neutral to positive manner without incorporating explicit DEI themes or critiques.
Secondary
Teen Wolf features significant LGBTQ+ characters like Mason Hewitt and Corey Bryant, whose relationship is depicted as healthy and affirming. Their identities are normalized within the narrative, and they are portrayed as complex, heroic figures whose struggles stem from supernatural threats, not their sexuality. The overall impact is strongly positive.
Malia Tate, a werecoyote, consistently uses her enhanced physical strength and claws to defeat male supernatural opponents in direct close-quarters combat. Kira Yukimura also uses her katana and Kitsune abilities to overcome male adversaries.
The lead character, Scott, was originally portrayed as white in the 1985 film. In the 2011 series, the character (Scott McCall) is played by Tyler Posey, who is biracial (white and Mexican-American), constituting a race swap from the source material.
The television series 'Teen Wolf' does not include any transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on supernatural creatures, high school life, and coming-of-age challenges, without engaging with transgender identities or experiences.
The show "Teen Wolf" is an adaptation of the 1985 film. While it reinterprets the story and introduces new characters, the primary characters who directly parallel those from the original film (e.g., Scott, Stiles, Coach Finstock) maintain their established gender. No character canonically established as one gender in the source material is portrayed as a different gender in the show.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.7
8.5
Critic Ratings
8.1
6.6
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