Movie review
June 14, 2024 · 115 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
The story keeps hammering how the dad's old-school male anger and emotional shutdown hurt his family until theater makes him vulnerable and open. Reviews and the writer call out the toxic masculinity baked into the construction worker's character. The narrative uses Romeo and Juliet to mirror and fix his repressed grief through community and therapy. No big diversity pushes or queer stuff but the gender messaging shows up recurring.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Ghostlight.
Woke representation / casting
natural real family casting with no forced diversity
Woke political dialogue
minor modern theater references without activist sermons
Identity-driven story themes
centers father's emotional vulnerability over traditional stoicism in grief arc
Western institutional / cultural critique
frames male emotional repression and rage as flawed requiring therapy and art
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Production
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
no backlash claiming too woke
Creator track record context
O'Sullivan's Saint Frances pushes abortion normalization and gender themes
