Movie review
September 15, 2023 · 91 min · PG-13
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Love at First Sight is a 2023 Netflix romantic drama about American student Hadley and British Oliver who meet on a flight from New York to London and quickly connect. They lose track of each other at customs and spend time searching while each faces family troubles at home. The film delivers a straightforward romance focused on chance, emotions, and personal growth with no visible identity-driven or activist elements.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Love at First Sight.
Woke representation / casting
The main romantic leads are a white woman and white man in story-appropriate modern roles. Supporting cast reflects normal demographics for New York and London settings without emphasis or signaling.
Woke political dialogue
The film has no political talk, activist speeches, or ideological messaging whatsoever. All dialogue stays personal and romantic.
Identity-driven story themes
Themes focus on fate versus chance, young love, parental divorce, illness, and grief. These appear as universal personal experiences with no ties to identity politics or social causes.
Western institutional / cultural critique
No criticism of Western culture, patriarchy, traditional norms, capitalism, or institutions. Family conflicts read as private emotional stories.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. Adaptation adjustments like character ages and added narration are ordinary screen changes and carry no identity or political motivation.
Production
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No anti-woke or right-leaning complaints exist that treat the film as pushing DEI, identity politics, or left messaging. Reception stayed positive on romance grounds.
Creator track record context
Director Vanessa Caswill has directed multiple female-led emotional dramas and stories about women. This reflects a mild liberal focus on women’s perspectives but lacks recurring identity-driven, DEI, or activist patterns.
