Movie review
June 20, 2019 · 104 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
This true-crime thriller sticks to the real 1989 events of an FBI agent cheating on his wife with his Appalachian informant, getting her pregnant, and murdering her to cover it up. The movie shows dirty cops, drugs, betrayal, and a dead-end town with zero girl power sermons, zero identity politics, and zero activist lectures. No forced diversity, no modern messaging, no reframing of the events into current social justice talking points.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Above Suspicion.
Woke representation / casting
Casting fits the story world with no forced diversity.
Woke political dialogue
No activist dialogue.
Identity-driven story themes
No identity-driven story themes.
Western institutional / cultural critique
No modern activist institutional critique.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Production
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No woke complaints or backlash.
Creator track record context
No relevant prior work aligning with woke themes in this title.
