Movie review
April 16, 2020 · 107 min · PG
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
The 2020 romantic drama follows a financially struggling widow in New Orleans raising three children who meets a professor espousing the Law of Attraction philosophy after a car accident and during a hurricane that damages her home. The story emphasizes personal mindset shifts, gratitude, and romantic resolution as paths to improved circumstances. No audience-visible woke themes such as forced representation, political dialogue on systemic issues, or identity-driven arcs appear in the narrative, casting, or marketing.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for The Secret: Dare to Dream.
Woke representation / casting
Main cast uniformly white in a standard family romance setup with no forced diversity emphasis, identity signaling, or story-world mismatch.
Woke political dialogue
Recurring scenes explicitly teach the Law of Attraction through analogies and examples of thoughts manifesting reality, forming the film's central ideological framework without activist political content.
Identity-driven story themes
Narrative driven by widow's practical struggles, family dynamics, and heterosexual romance resolved via personal philosophy, containing zero identity politics or group-based messaging.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Promotes individual agency and positive visualization over any critique of patriarchy, capitalism, traditional roles, or cultural institutions in modern activist style.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant – original story with no adaptation of legacy characters, canon changes, or reframing of historical events.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Complete absence of woke complaints, backlash over forced diversity, girlbossing, anti-male messaging, or activist dialogue in coverage or social media.
Creator track record context
Co-writer Bekah Brunstetter's history includes socially conscious projects touching LGBTQ and class themes, providing limited supporting context despite zero carryover to this apolitical film.
Production
