Movie review
November 18, 2022 · 117 min · PG
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
The film gender-swaps the lead character Nemo from a boy in the original Little Nemo comic strip to a young girl. The core story is a girl processing her father's death by teaming up with an outlaw in a dreamworld for adventures. There are no identity-driven plotlines, no activist dialogue, and no modern social-justice lectures. The only woke-adjacent element is the visible canon change to the source material.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Slumberland.
Woke representation / casting
Gender swap of iconic boy Nemo to girl; audience-visible legacy change but no forced diversity emphasis or story-world mismatch beyond the source comic.
Woke political dialogue
No political or activist dialogue present in the narrative.
Identity-driven story themes
Pure grief and fantasy adventure story with zero identity politics or representation-focused arcs.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Light fantasy trope of outlaw defying dreamworld bureaucracy; no modern activist framing of patriarchy, capitalism, whiteness, or systemic oppression.
Woke character or canon changes
Gender swap of protagonist Nemo and reimagined Flip from the original comic strip; clear and publicly noted adaptation departure.
Production
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Fringe online complaints specifically about the gender swap as pandering; no major or sustained backlash.
Creator track record context
Director's Hunger Games work includes female-led dystopia; writers from mainstream comedies; mild supporting context only.
