Movie review
March 10, 2026 · 89 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere.
Woke representation / casting
real-world male influencers interviewed; no forced diversity swaps or identity checkboxes, just the subjects as they are.
Woke political dialogue
repeated on-camera clashes over women’s roles, feminism, and “alpha” dominance.
Identity-driven story themes
entire premise revolves around critiquing modern masculinity pushback as toxic and harmful.
Western institutional / cultural critique
positions manosphere as a regressive backlash against feminism and gender progress.
Woke character or canon changes
Review
Louis Theroux grabs Netflix access to the manosphere and turns the camera on hyper-macho influencers like HSTikkyTokky and Myron Gaines. The whole film frames their “traditional” masculinity talk as straight-up misogynistic grift that radicalizes boys. Theroux himself calls it swaggering machismo laced with hate for women, gays, Jews, and more. It’s not subtle background noise — the entire doc is built around exposing these gender-war views as the big cultural threat.
Not relevant
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
clear backlash from targets labeling it anti-male propaganda; also mild left-side gripes it wasn’t feminist enough.
Creator track record context
Theroux’s history of probing extreme groups aligns with this critical gender-politics angle.
Production
