Movie review
August 25, 2021 · 117 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
A young couple moves into an apartment in Montreal and starts watching the sex life and arguments of the attractive couple living directly across the street. Their curiosity turns into obsession, leading to spying devices, interference, and big twists that end in murder and revenge. The story focuses on voyeurism, lust, infidelity, and the risks of watching other people's private lives, with lots of explicit sex and nudity. It features an interracial main couple and subtle same-sex subtext in one scene.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for The Voyeurs.
Woke representation / casting
The lead couple is interracial with a white woman and Black man in prominent roles and there is subtle same-sex subtext in one eye exam scene; the modern Montreal setting makes the mix natural and the story and marketing do not emphasize identity or quotas.
Woke political dialogue
There is no political dialogue, activist language, or social justice messaging in the film at all.
Identity-driven story themes
The core story follows personal obsession, lust, spying, and revenge with only minor background same-sex subtext that does not drive the plot or themes.
Western institutional / cultural critique
The film looks at voyeurism, privacy, and the ethics of performance art and surveillance in the age of social media without activist critiques of patriarchy or other Western norms.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No notable anti-woke complaints exist that accuse the film of pushing identity politics, DEI, or similar content.
Creator track record context
Michael Mohan has a prior assessment of 29 focused on genre films and personal stories; co-writer Rhiannon Moller-Trotter has done some queer-themed short directing work; other crew members show professional genre or casting focus without activist patterns.
Production
