Apple TVThe Deep End (2001)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.2
Overview
With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TV
Google PlayBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Overview
With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film centers on a mother's desperate actions to protect her son from the legal consequences of an accidental death, exploring the psychological and ethical toll of her choices. The narrative is a personal drama, devoid of explicit political messaging or advocacy for specific ideologies, thus aligning with a neutral rating.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast without intentional race or gender swaps of traditional roles. Its narrative focuses on a family drama, and it does not critically portray traditional identities or explicitly incorporate DEI themes.
Secondary
The Deep End features a gay character, Beau, whose relationship with an older man is the catalyst for the film's thriller plot. While Beau's identity is integral to the story's beginning, the narrative primarily focuses on his mother's desperate actions to protect him. The film neither explicitly affirms nor denigrates LGBTQ+ identity, using it as a factual plot device rather than a central theme for exploration.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Deep End" (2001) is an adaptation of Elisabeth Sanxay Holding's novel "The Blank Wall." A review of the main characters in both the novel and the film reveals no instances where a character's established gender from the source material was changed in the on-screen portrayal.
The film "The Deep End" is an adaptation of the novel "The Blank Wall." A review of the main characters and their portrayals in the film compared to the source material reveals no instances where a character's established race was changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.5
6.2
Critic Ratings
8.2
7.8
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