Is The Matthew Shepard Story sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 99% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Matthew Shepard Story scary?

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Matthew Shepard Story violent?

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Matthew Shepard Story easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Matthew Shepard Story end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Matthew Shepard Story

Name: The Matthew Shepard Story
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 2002
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Stockard Channing, Shane Meier, Wendy Crewson, Kristen Thomson, Joseph Ziegler

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode

Produced by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

200292 min5.6 / 10

A somber, emotionally wrenching true-crime drama centered on a mother's grief and a nation's reckoning with homophobic violence.

In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This critically-acclaimed, moving film recounts the final days of Matthew's killers' trial—and the weeks leading to Matthew's death—with unnerving detail. Stockard Channing delivers an unforgettable, Emmy® Award-winning performance as Matthew's grieving mother, Judy, in a story of a murder that moved a nation to action. Also starring Law & Order's Sam Waterston.

Clusters

Consequences Of Wrongdoing LGBTQ Movies

Genres

Drama TV Movie

Keywords

Homophobia Lgbt Gay Theme

Questions people ask

Is The Matthew Shepard Story sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.
Is The Matthew Shepard Story scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is The Matthew Shepard Story violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Is The Matthew Shepard Story easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Does The Matthew Shepard Story end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.