Movie review
August 10, 2023 · 87 min · PG-13
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Jules is a 2023 sci-fi comedy-drama about a lonely elderly widower in small-town Pennsylvania whose backyard UFO crash leads to an unlikely bond with a silent alien and two nosy neighbors. The trio navigates helping the alien repair its ship while dealing with isolation and family tensions. A supporting character shows a photo of her lesbian daughter with her girlfriend and gives the alien her “I’m not a lesbian but my girlfriend is” T-shirt while explaining homosexuality positively.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Jules.
Woke representation / casting
Lesbian daughter photo, explanatory dialogue, and “I’m not a lesbian but my girlfriend is” T-shirt shown to alien.
Woke political dialogue
Positive explanation of homosexuality delivered to the alien.
Identity-driven story themes
Queer acceptance appears as visible supporting detail.
Western institutional / cultural critique
No activist institutional critique.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant.
Production
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Fringe reviews call out LGBT subplot as propaganda.
Creator track record context
No relevant prior work cited.
