7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Hunting Wives (2025)
The Hunting Wives (2025)
Overview
Sophie trades New England for East Texas and falls into a wealthy socialite's magnetic orbit — where a clique of housewives hide deadly secrets.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
Sophie trades New England for East Texas and falls into a wealthy socialite's magnetic orbit — where a clique of housewives hide deadly secrets.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The series is left-leaning as its central narrative critiques the profound hypocrisy and corruption within a powerful, ostensibly conservative and religious elite in East Texas, primarily through the perspective of a liberal outsider.
The series features a predominantly white cast in its main roles. However, its narrative strongly critiques traditional conservative identities and values prevalent in its Texas setting, exposing hypocrisy, corruption, and dark secrets within a community that outwardly emphasizes guns, religion, and traditional norms.
Secondary
The series features a central extramarital sexual relationship between Margo and Sophie, framed within a narrative of hedonism, 'weird sex,' deceit, and corruption. This relationship, particularly Sophie's obsession, contributes to chaos and infidelity fallout, with Margo also being a murderer. The portrayal links the queer relationship to destructive themes without affirming queer identity.
The film portrays Christianity through characters like Jill, a megachurch reverend's wife, whose strict moral values regarding premarital sex and abortion are linked to problematic actions, such as protecting her son 'at all costs' amid a pregnancy. The narrative highlights a rigid, conservative religious environment where such beliefs contribute to a 'taboo topic of abortion,' suggesting a critique of the negative or hypocritical aspects of these religious interpretations.
Based on available information, 'The Hunting Wives, 2025' does not appear to feature any transsexual characters or themes. Plot descriptions and reviews focus on other elements like infidelity and murder, without any mention of transsexual identity or related narratives. Therefore, there is no depiction to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film adaptation of "The Hunting Wives" features no characters whose on-screen genders differ from their established genders in the source novel by May Cobb. All major characters maintain their canonical genders.
The source material for "The Hunting Wives" does not establish specific ethnicities or phenotypical traits for any of its characters. Consequently, no character could have been portrayed as a different race than originally established, precluding any race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
6.8
Critic Ratings
8.0
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