Movie review
August 28, 2020 · 92 min · PG
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
All Together Now follows an optimistic high school senior who secretly lives in a school bus with her alcoholic mother while volunteering, teaching ESL, organizing charity shows, and pursuing music dreams in Portland. Tragedy and loss force her to accept help from friends, a wealthy resident, and community members as she confronts family struggles and rebuilds. Casting includes intentional diversity and authentic disabled performers aligned with the director’s stated allyship priorities, though this stays secondary to the personal resilience and mutual-support narrative with no activist dialogue or identity politics.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for All Together Now.
Woke representation / casting
Director emphasized diverse casting and authentic disability inclusion in line with his allyship approach, resulting in visible representation in the ensemble cast.
Woke political dialogue
Complete absence of political or ideological dialogue in the narrative.
Identity-driven story themes
Story themes center on personal resilience and community aid in the face of homelessness and loss with no identity politics or group-identity focus.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Depicts personal and family-level struggles without any activist-style critique of capitalism, patriarchy, or systemic issues framed around current identity politics.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No woke complaints, backlash, or identity-politics controversy in coverage or social media; reviews address emotional tone and performances only.
Creator track record context
Director Brett Haley previously included normalized queer romance in *Hearts Beat Loud* and has voiced explicit allyship, privilege reflection, and diversity goals for casting in interviews for this film.
Production
