Movie review
October 8, 2021 · 111 min · PG-13
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
The movie is a raw conversation between the parents of a school shooting victim and the parents of the shooter as they confront grief, guilt, and forgiveness. One character briefly advocates gun control and sparks a short debate but the entire film stays locked on personal pain and human connection with zero activist sermons or identity politics. No forced diversity, no race or gender swaps, no LGBTQ themes, and no modern social-justice lectures appear anywhere. The story engine is strictly emotional reconciliation.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Mass.
Woke representation / casting
All-white cast fits the contemporary American school-shooting story world with zero forced diversity or identity signaling.
Woke political dialogue
One character briefly advocates gun control and triggers a short debate but the exchange stays personal and non-central.
Identity-driven story themes
Narrative is entirely about grief, guilt, forgiveness, and shared humanity with no identity politics or representation focus.
Western institutional / cultural critique
No activist-style attacks on patriarchy, whiteness, capitalism, or Western institutions; strictly personal emotional focus.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Production
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No backlash claiming the film is too woke or pushes forced identity politics.
Creator track record context
Fran Kranz debut with no relevant prior activist or identity-driven work.
