Question 1

Is The Gentlemen woke?

Accepted Answer

The Gentlemen has a woke score of 8/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. The Gentlemen is a 2020 Guy Ritchie crime comedy about American expat Mickey Pearson, who builds a vast marijuana empire in London by growing product on the estates of cash-strapped British aristocrats and then tries to sell it, triggering blackmail, rival gangs, and violent schemes. The story is told with stylish narration from a sleazy journalist and features double-crosses among Triad members, Russian oligarchs, and street criminals. The film shows no audience-visible woke elements, identity politics, social-justice messaging, or activist framing in its plot, dialogue, or themes.

Question 2

Is there DEI in The Gentlemen?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Institutional / cultural critique, Representation / casting choices, Political / ideological dialogue. American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

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