Awake not Woke!

Gay couple

Didn't watch past that

What a surprisingly funny little movie. While it does take place around Christmas I would not call this a Christmas movie. Good acting and the jokes mostly land. There are a few cringe comedy moments and sometimes the Russ character can be a bit too over emotional but I think that's more the type of movie than a woke element. It gets a little sappy and corny in a couple of places but nothing too bad. I do think you need to be a dog person to really get all the jokes out of this movie, or at lease an animal person in general. The comedy is mostly clean and family friendly with a few little innuendo jokes that will most likely go over little kids heads. If you have watched any rom-coms at all then the story is the usual by the numbers cliché and you know what's going to happen anyway but that's kind of the point of these right? The only thing that might be considered woke is that her friend is black, his friend/co worker is black and their vet is black, this seems unlikely however it is set in Boston which has a higher than average black population. There's also the fact that none of their acting is bad and the characters didn't seem forced and race is never brought up or made an issue. I just can't see giving it a woke point over that.

Fun different spin on classic sci-fi!

Pretty decent movie! Honestly, I think I may have seen it when it came out in 2018 because when I was watching it tonight, it was vaguely familiar. It's a solid 5.5/10 and slightly forgettable, so that tracks. If you're looking for a unique spin on the sci-fi classics with no woke nonsense, this one will do it for you. On Netflix as of 1/10/26.

Decent watch

Kinda boring but nothing significantly woke