Shazam! has a woke score of 6/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. Shazam! is a 2019 DC superhero comedy about a troubled 14-year-old foster kid named Billy Batson who gains the power to transform into an adult hero by shouting one magic word. He teams up with his foster brother to stop a villain empowered by the Seven Deadly Sins while learning responsibility and the value of family. The film delivers light-hearted wish-fulfillment adventure, humor, and traditional moral themes of choosing good over temptation with no visible identity politics, activist messaging, or institutional critiques.

Is there DEI in Shazam!?

The biggest factors in our score are Representation / casting choices. A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.

Movie review

Shazam!

Woke Score

6/ 100

Lower is better

ComedyActionFantasy

Release Date: March 29, 2019
Age Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 132 min

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United States · Last checked 5/13/2026

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Factors & Ratings

These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Shazam!.

Representation / casting choices

Visible mix of ethnicities in the foster family fits a modern urban foster-home premise naturally with no agenda framing, signaling, or story-world mismatch.

12 / 100

Political / ideological dialogue

No political speeches, activist lines, or social-justice talk appears in the film.

0 / 100

Identity-driven story themes

Core narrative explores family bonds, personal responsibility, and resisting temptation through classic moral choices, not identity or group-based messaging.

0 / 100

Institutional / cultural critique

Villain’s arc stems from personal failings and supernatural evil; no modern framing of patriarchy, capitalism, toxic masculinity, or Western institutions.

0 / 100

Shazam!

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