Movie review
May 27, 2021 · 95 min · NR
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Blue Miracle is a 2021 Netflix family drama based on the true story of Casa Hogar, a boys' orphanage in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, that enters the Bisbee's Black and Blue fishing tournament after a hurricane to raise funds and stay open. A dedicated guardian teams with a washed-up American boat captain and the boys for the high-stakes competition. No audience-visible woke elements appear; the narrative centers on faith, fatherhood, resilience, teamwork, and personal redemption in an authentic cultural and religious context with no activist framing, identity politics, or institutional critiques.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Blue Miracle.
Woke representation / casting
Casting naturally fits the real Mexican orphanage setting and characters with Latino leads and supporting roles for the boys plus a white American captain in a logical outsider role; no forced diversity, quotas, signaling, or mismatches with story world.
Woke political dialogue
No political, activist, or ideological dialogue of any kind; conversations center on personal faith, fatherhood, competition, and doing the right thing.
Identity-driven story themes
Narrative engine is faith, family bonds, underdog competition, and redemption through effort and trust; no identity politics, racial grievance, gender activism, or modern activist framing.
Western institutional / cultural critique
No modern activist critique of patriarchy, capitalism, institutions, or Western culture; story affirms traditional faith, positive male mentorship, personal responsibility, and community resilience.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No backlash claiming woke, activist, identity-political, or left-wing messaging; zero complaints of any kind on these grounds across all sources.
Creator track record context
Creators have documented faith-based and inspirational track records with no cited activist, woke, or identity-driven prior work or statements.
Production
