Movie review
April 24, 2017 · 93 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for A Ghost Story.
Woke representation / casting
Leads and supporting roles fit the suburban Texas setting and character descriptions naturally, with no audience-visible diversity emphasis or identity signaling.
Woke political dialogue
The film uses almost no spoken words, relying on visuals and sparse poetic elements to convey personal grief and observation.
Identity-driven story themes
The core story follows one man's experience of loss and time's passage, centered on universal human questions rather than race, gender, sexuality, or modern identity issues.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Any broader reflections on change or society stay philosophical and existential, without activist framing of patriarchy, capitalism, colonialism, or current institutions.
Review
A Ghost Story is a 2017 independent supernatural drama written and directed by David Lowery. It follows a man who dies in a car crash and returns as a sheet-covered ghost to watch his widow grieve and the world change around their Texas home across years and centuries. The film uses long static shots, minimal dialogue, and a focus on personal loss and the sweep of time to explore grief, memory, love, and human existence.
Woke character or canon changes
This is an original story with no source material or established characters altered for ideological reasons.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Public conversation contained no notable right-leaning complaints about woke messaging, identity politics, or agenda-driven content.
Creator track record context
David Lowery's films remain personal and introspective with no activist history, while key crew members show no patterns of political or identity-driven work.
Production
