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Boots (2025)

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Boots (2025)

Overview

After impulsively joining the U.S. Marine Corps, a bullied teen finds new purpose — and unexpected brotherhood — with his motley team of fellow recruits.


Starring Cast


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive

Viewer Rating
7.9

Overview

After impulsively joining the U.S. Marine Corps, a bullied teen finds new purpose — and unexpected brotherhood — with his motley team of fellow recruits.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Netflix logoNetflix
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The series explicitly promotes progressive social values by centering the experiences of a closeted gay Marine recruit and critiquing the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, aligning with a clear left-leaning ideological stance.

The series 'Boots' demonstrates a significant focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by centering queer identity within the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1990s. It critically examines traditional military masculinity and implicitly critiques historical institutional discrimination against LGBTQ+ service members, promoting themes of authenticity and inclusion.

Secondary

Boots offers a nuanced and empathetic portrayal of a closeted gay teen in the 1990s U.S. Marine Corps. It explores themes of identity, resilience, and conformity, critically examining external societal pressures while affirming the dignity and worth of LGBTQ+ lives through a blend of humor and emotional intensity.

The series *Boots* centers on a gay male protagonist navigating queer identity and discrimination in the 1990s military. Its narrative explores themes relevant to gay and queer men, such as internalized homophobia and societal expectations of masculinity. The show does not include or depict transsexual characters or themes within its storyline, focusing exclusively on gay male experiences.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Based on the provided information, all main characters in 'Boots' are portrayed with the same gender as established in the source material, Greg Cope White's memoir 'The Pink Marine'. No character's on-screen gender differs from their canonical gender.

The film's casting aligns with or thoughtfully expands upon characters' backgrounds. For characters whose race was not specified in the source material, the casting of actors of different races does not constitute a race swap per the provided definition. No character established as one race in the source is portrayed as a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.9
The Movie Database logo
7.9

Critic Ratings

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8.8
Metacritic logo
7.2

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