Bird Box

The survivor house has a visibly mixed group that includes a black male partner, a black worker, several white survivors, and a gay homeowner who mentions his husband. The film also makes Malorie and Tom an interracial couple. The mix fits a modern California setting, and the story does not call attention to it as a campaign. Greg's confirmed LGBTQ+ detail still gives this factor a small real signal.

Douglas jokes that the group is making the end of the world “great again.” The line echoes Donald Trump's slogan and gives the film a brief anti-Trump political joke. The film does not build a wider political argument around that line.

Malorie starts as a woman who fears motherhood and ends by claiming the children as her family. The film treats a hard and less loving mother as a valid protector instead of using only the usual soft mother image. Tom takes the gentle and caring parent role, which flips a common action-movie gender pattern. Greg's mention of a husband adds a confirmed LGBTQ+ detail, but his sexuality does not drive the plot.

A Forbes opinion piece questioned the interracial romance and called Greg's husband reference an attempt to make the film seem more inclusive. The same piece singled out the “great again” joke as a MAGA reference. A later review of viewer comments recorded one complaint about a female lead, a person of color, a gay man, and an interracial couple being included for representation. Most wider reaction focused on memes, the film's quality, and the blindfold challenge, so the anti-woke backlash looks scattered.

Susanne Bier and Josh Malerman have mostly craft-focused public profiles. Eric Heisserer has supported casting beyond straight white characters. Mary Vernieu has spoken about representation and role models. These signals add background context, but the film is still mainly a survival thriller.