Movie review
April 16, 2020 · 98 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Becoming is a 2020 sci-fi horror thriller about a young couple on a road trip across America who encounter an ancient evil entity. The spirit possesses the man and slowly erases his personality, memories, and behavior, turning him violent and unrecognizable to his fiancée. She tries to understand what is happening and survive as the force drives him to harm others. The story focuses on personal identity loss and supernatural possession in a classic horror setup.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Becoming.
Woke representation / casting
Main leads are white actors in roles that fit a standard American horror story; supporting cast has incidental diversity in minor parts with no prominent emphasis, signaling, or story mismatch.
Woke political dialogue
No political speeches, activist lines, or ideological messaging appear in the story.
Identity-driven story themes
The narrative explores individual personal identity erosion through supernatural possession as pure horror, without group identity politics, race, gender, or social justice framing.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Violence and change come from a supernatural evil entity, not modern critiques of institutions, patriarchy, capitalism, or Western culture.
Production
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. This is an original story with no changes to established characters, canon, or historical figures for identity reasons.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No meaningful anti-woke or right-leaning complaints exist; the film generated almost no public debate on these grounds.
Creator track record context
Omar Naim’s work includes personal identity themes and Lebanese cultural documentaries on post-conflict recovery and art as social response; this reflects mild cultural interests without a strong pattern of modern Western identity politics or activist ideology. Other producers show no notable records in this area.
