NetflixThe Hunting Wives (2025)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.0
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
NetflixBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative
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...
Progressive
Primary
The film consciously balances competing viewpoints by satirizing hypocrisy and the superficiality of political labels across the American culture wars, focusing on individual complexity rather than endorsing a specific ideology.
The movie features significant LGBTQ+ representation and strong, complex female characters who challenge traditional gender roles. Its narrative explicitly critiques conservative societal norms, religious hypocrisy, and the double standards faced by women, making DEI themes central to its storytelling.
Secondary
The Hunting Wives features a significant and complex portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters, particularly through bisexuality and sapphic desire. Women engage in same-sex relationships and attractions with agency. The show critiques the hypocrisy and double standards faced by non-heteronormative relationships within a conservative context, framing obstacles as external and affirming queer identities.
The film critically portrays conservative Christian communities by highlighting the hypocrisy of adherents who engage in morally questionable behaviors despite public piety, and by featuring crooked clergy. The narrative focuses on the tension between outward religious observance and private transgressions, presenting a problematic view of these institutions and their members.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Hunting Wives is a new show (2025–) with no mentioned source material or prior adaptations. All characters are presumed original to this series, thus precluding any gender swaps from established canon.
The provided information describes 'The Hunting Wives' as a new show (2025–) and does not mention any pre-existing source material, historical figures, or prior adaptations for its characters. Therefore, there is no established racial baseline to compare against for a 'race swap.'
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.9
6.4
Critic Ratings
7.6
N/A
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