Movie review
April 7, 2025 · 102 min · PG
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
This 2025 animated movie retells the life of Jesus as a bedtime story Charles Dickens tells his young son. The core narrative sticks strictly to the Gospel events—miracles, trials, crucifixion, and resurrection—with a simple family framing device. No modern politics, identity lectures, or social agendas show up in the story, dialogue, or marketing. It's a straight faith-based Christian film from Angel Studios that conservative audiences embraced as an alternative to typical Hollywood output. One reviewer flagged lax parenting in the opening Dickens scenes as mildly progressive, but it stays background and doesn't touch the Jesus part.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for The King of Kings.
Woke representation / casting
Diverse celebrity voices for biblical and Victorian characters in animation; no audience-visible forced diversity, race/gender swaps, or mismatch with the historical/faith premise.
Woke political dialogue
No modern political lines or activist messaging; dialogue stays within traditional biblical events and teachings.
Identity-driven story themes
Narrative is purely the Christian Gospel story of Jesus' life, miracles, and sacrifice; zero modern identity, race, or gender politics.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Standard historical biblical elements (e.g., religious leaders' hypocrisy) appear as part of the Gospel, not reframed through modern activist or institutional lenses.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Zero backlash claiming it's too woke; praised instead as faith-based and non-woke.
Creator track record context
Director and studio driven by explicit Christian faith with a pattern of traditional family/faith content; no activist or identity-focused prior work.
Production
