7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Defending Jacob (2020)
Defending Jacob (2020)
Overview
A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Viewer Rating
7.3
Overview
A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Defending Jacob primarily explores the profound moral and psychological challenges faced by a family when their son is accused of murder, focusing on the ambiguity of truth and the lengths of parental love rather than promoting a specific political ideology. The narrative balances critiques of the justice system with themes of individual responsibility and family loyalty, resulting in a neutral stance.
The series features a predominantly traditional casting for its central family, with diverse actors appearing in various supporting roles without explicit race or gender swaps of established character types. The narrative primarily focuses on a family's legal and emotional struggles, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
The series 'Defending Jacob' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story centers on a family's ordeal following a murder accusation, without incorporating queer identities or experiences into its plot or character arcs.
The series 'Defending Jacob' does not feature any transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative is centered on a crime drama and its impact on a family, thus rendering the portrayal of transsexual identity as N/A.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The show "Defending Jacob" is an adaptation of William Landay's novel. All major characters, including Andy, Laurie, and Jacob Barber, maintain the same gender as established in the source material. No instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender were found.
The show is an adaptation of a novel where the race of most characters, beyond the implicitly white main family, was not explicitly specified or visually depicted. The main family's race remains consistent with the source material. Therefore, no characters meet the definition of a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.8
8.3
Critic Ratings
7.0
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