Movie review
July 27, 2022 · 105 min · PG
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
The movie slips in brief background LGBTQ+ representation with a same-sex engaged female couple shown when dogs discuss their owners' partners and a female Green Lantern implied as lesbian. The core story is a straight pet adventure about Krypto and shelter animals teaming up for a rescue with friendship and teamwork as the only real themes. No political dialogue, no identity arcs, and no activist lectures appear. Some conservative parents and Christian reviewers called out the queer inclusion as woke agenda but it stays incidental and blink-and-you-miss.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for DC League of Super-Pets.
Woke representation / casting
Brief incidental LGBTQ+ background rep (same-sex engaged couple and female GL with implied lesbian hint) noticeable to some viewers but not forced in main shelter-pet cast or story world.
Woke political dialogue
No explicit activist or political lines.
Identity-driven story themes
Story engine is pure pet friendship and rescue; zero identity or representation arcs.
Western institutional / cultural critique
No modern activist framing, capitalism/patriarchy lectures or systemic-oppression messaging.
Woke character or canon changes
Minor use of female Green Lantern (Jessica Cruz, modern-comics consistent); not a dramatic ideological rewrite or publicly debated swap.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Niche conservative complaints about brief LGBT inclusion; fringe and not broadly discussed as “too woke.”
Creator track record context
Family animation and comedy background only; no clear history of identity-driven or activist projects.
Production
