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Santa Clarita Diet (2017)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.7
Santa Clarita Diet poster

Overview

They're ordinary husband and wife realtors until she undergoes a dramatic change that sends them down a road of death and destruction. In a good way.


Starring Cast


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Bias Dimensions


Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative

Overview

They're ordinary husband and wife realtors until she undergoes a dramatic change that sends them down a road of death and destruction. In a good way.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Netflix logoNetflix
Powered by
JustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's central conflict, a fantastical premise involving zombieism, lacks inherent political valence. The narrative focuses on family unity and pragmatic adaptation to extreme circumstances, rather than promoting specific political ideologies or critiquing systemic issues from a partisan perspective.

The movie features visible diversity within its supporting cast, reflecting a modern suburban setting, without explicitly recasting traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on a dark comedic take on family and survival, and does not explicitly critique or negatively frame traditional identities.

Secondary

Santa Clarita Diet features a lesbian couple, Lisa and Anne, as well-adjusted, integral supporting characters. Their relationship is depicted as stable and normal, without their sexuality being a source of conflict or stereotype. The portrayal is respectful, validating, and integrates them seamlessly into the show's community.

The show primarily depicts Christianity through Father Bob, a priest whose unwavering faith leads him to increasingly fanatical and violent actions in his fight against the undead. His character arc suggests that rigid religious dogma can be a source of extremism and moral corruption, with the narrative consistently portraying his religiously motivated actions as misguided and harmful.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Santa Clarita Diet is an original series featuring new characters created for the show. There are no pre-existing characters from source material, history, or prior adaptations whose gender could have been altered.

Santa Clarita Diet is an original series with characters created specifically for the show. There is no prior source material, historical figures, or previous adaptations from which characters could be race-swapped.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.8
The Movie Database logo
7.5

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
8.9
Metacritic logo
6.6

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