8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Search Party (2016)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.0
Overview
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Overview
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's narrative is centered on comedic misadventures and personal relationships, with no explicit political agenda or dominant ideological themes, resulting in a neutral rating.
The movie features a visible diversity in its supporting cast, though its central characters are traditionally cast. The narrative does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on DEI themes, maintaining a neutral or positive framing of its main characters.
Secondary
Search Party features prominent LGBTQ+ characters, notably Elliott Goss, whose gay identity is normalized and integrated into his complex, often flawed persona. The series depicts same-sex relationships with the same dramatic and comedic nuance as heterosexual ones, without using queer identity as a source of ridicule. While characters are satirized for their narcissism and poor choices, this critique is applied universally, affirming LGBTQ+ lives within its dark comedic framework.
The show portrays Christianity through Elliott's cynical 'born-again' phase, where he exploits religious rhetoric for personal gain and public image. The narrative satirizes his performative faith, depicting him as hypocritical and foolish without offering any counterbalancing positive or nuanced portrayals of the religion itself.
The television series "Search Party" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a group of millennials investigating a disappearance, with no depiction of transgender identity or related storylines.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Search Party is an original series featuring new characters created for the show. There is no pre-existing source material, historical figures, or legacy characters from which a gender could be swapped.
Search Party is an original series that premiered in 2016. All characters were created for the show, meaning there are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose race could have been altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.6
6.8
Critic Ratings
9.6
N/A
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