Movie review
October 21, 2022 · 101 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Adult Sophie lives with her wife and child in the present-day framing scenes. The story includes subtle queer hints around the father too. The narrative engine stays on personal memories of a father-daughter holiday and the father’s hidden depression and possible suicide. Queer elements appear visibly but do not drive the core family grief story.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Aftersun.
Woke representation / casting
Adult Sophie shown in same-sex relationship with wife and child.
Woke political dialogue
No political or activist dialogue.
Identity-driven story themes
Queer elements in adult Sophie’s life and family subtext.
Western institutional / cultural critique
No modern activist institutional critique.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Production
No backlash claiming too woke.
Creator track record context
Producers from Moonlight; Wells defaults characters to queer.
