7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Harlan Coben's Shelter (2023)
Harlan Coben's Shelter (2023)
Overview
Follow Mickey Bolitar after the death of his father leads him to start a new life in suburban New Jersey. When another new student disappears, Mickey finds himself tangled in a web of secrets. With the help of two new friends, Spoon and Ema, they reveal a dark underground that may hold the answers to decades of disappearances.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Prime VideoRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
Follow Mickey Bolitar after the death of his father leads him to start a new life in suburban New Jersey. When another new student disappears, Mickey finds himself tangled in a web of secrets. With the help of two new friends, Spoon and Ema, they reveal a dark underground that may hold the answers to decades of disappearances.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Prime VideoDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The series leans left due to its nuanced LGBTQ+ representation and its focus on themes like trauma, recovery, and youth agency, which align with progressive cultural values, despite avoiding overt political messaging.
The series demonstrates significant diversity through its casting, notably featuring a Black protagonist in a lead role often portrayed as white. While it includes subplots touching on LGBTQ+ relationships and mental health, these elements are often secondary to the main mystery, and the narrative does not deeply explore systemic issues of identity or equity.
Secondary
Harlan Coben's Shelter offers a positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters through two queer women, Ema and Aunt Shira. Their identities are normalized, integrated into the main narrative, and depicted with depth and authenticity, avoiding stereotypes and focusing on personal growth and relationships.
Harlan Coben's Shelter does not feature identifiable transsexual characters or themes. While the show includes diverse LGBTQ+ representation through queer characters like Ema and Shira, there is no mention or exploration of transsexual individuals or their experiences in the available information.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Based on the provided information, no characters in "Harlan Coben's Shelter" (2023) have an on-screen gender that differs from their established gender in the source material. The presence of LGBTQ+ characters relates to sexual orientation, not a gender swap.
The casting aligns with the source material, which describes Mickey Bolitar as having a mixed Jewish and Spanish-speaking background, acknowledged in the show. Other main characters' ethnicities either match their descriptions or were not specified in the novel, thus no race swap occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
7.0
Critic Ratings
8.8
6.5
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