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Nothing woke. Based on a true story. There is some speculation from some of the people interviewed that the main character is gay but it's never confirmed one way or the other and is never shown or talked about in any way. The main female character is a nasty person but everyone recognizes it as such. Shot in a sort of half documentary half regular film style. Interviews with real people mixed with actors and a typical film style this movie is both hilarious and tragic at the same time. The acting is great and the humor both intentional and as a result of interviews is just spot on. Highly recommended but may not be for everyone.

Hell Yeah! This is a great movie!

Not a single dull moment!
It lived up to every one of my expectations!
Starring Ryan Gosling, who was also one of the producers!
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!

GO SEE IT IN THE THEATERS IF YOU CAN!

It’s totally worth it!

ENJOY IT!

Large amount of DEI casting choices. Another movie where white seems to be a minority. 2 second scene of a flamboyant gay character in the background. Most of the angels are something other than white and Reeves while one of the few white angels can't seem to do anything right. The main character is a constant victim yet refuses to do anything to help himself and reputedly makes dumb choices. Then around the halfway point it gets really preachy. Rich people and corporations are bad, poor struggling people are good and taken advantage of
by the rich. Unions are great. Rich people have it easy and never worked for anything. The story is silly and the humor is just not there. By the 1 hour mark it was getting so cringe with the messaging I couldn't take it anymore. If there had been some actual funny moments mixed in maybe this would of been watchable.

One of the most boring dull movies I've seen recently. A spy thriller this is not. I only lasted 40 minutes and was bored out of my mind. The story is very basic but every scene is too long and drawn out and nothing really happens. Even the actors seemed bored and most of the time talked like they were half asleep. Not too woke but the usual token POC characters and some hints of possible feminist girl power nonsense to come.

One of my favorite re-watch flicks

It's been awhile since I've seen this but, a friend and I were discussing this last night. I realized how much this movie has going for it. The chemistry between the stellar cast was one of those rare convergences. John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Dan Akroyd, Mini Driver, and Alan Arkin really brought this together. I can't think of a single woke element. It's a dark comedy about a hitman with "moral flexibility" who seems to be having some kind of conscience re-awakening. The exchanges between Cusack and Arkin are classic.

Good movie none woke

I love this show. I don't find woke agenda in it, just laughter.
A white charachter's brother is black and gay; but I don't find woke inspired messages or agenda

Good and none woke

Good movie, not woke at all

Not 100% woke but close

For starters, the cast’s ethnic diversity doesn’t reflect American reality.
Furthermore, the good guys end up being Hispanic, Black, or otherwise non-Caucasian, while the bad guys are white—or, if they’re women, blonde.
In two out of three episodes, there’s at least one line about how hard life is if you’re a woman.
I’ve watched half of the first season, and doctors are arguing about cutting testicles in a transgender teenager.
There aren’t any gay characters in the cast yet, but I still have a lot of episodes left to watch.

Great book, good movie.

The woke is minimal. Climate change is presumptive, but without any agenda or major concern in the story. This is about a clear and present threat to the solar system. There's enough in the trailers about the alien, Rocky, that it's not a spoiler to mention him. In a nutshell, Grace is sent on a one-way mission to a star that may provide a solution to the threat. He meets up with Rocky, who is basically doing the same thing from his star system.
How does the movie compare to the book?...
There are basically two ways to portray a book in movies: Make a series, such as Queen's Gambit, Reacher, Pride and Prejudice, etc., or re-write the story in a screenplay that will fit into a single movie, like this one. They did a great job with that in my opinion. They left a lot out of the story and added what was necessary to rebuild continuity. As usual, the book was better, but the movie is definitely worth the watch. I recommend both.
I just realized that the paragraph I just wrote could also describe The Martian, which was also written by Andy Weir.

Funny

Alright, I had some hopes for this one and honestly, it didn’t disappoint. I had my doubts because it’s hard to get excited about any new release these days with all the overhyped promos, but based on the trailer, the final product felt pretty on point.

It’s a comedy that doesn’t take itself seriously and just aims to entertain with a heavily overdone topic, but the ridiculous approach actually makes it funnier and more enjoyable.

ℹ LIGHT SPOILERS
I do wish it had leaned more into the sci-fi/fantasy elements (especially when it comes to weapons and other gadgets), but it looks like the budget mostly went to paying the main cast and, to be fair, that actually helped carry the movie since the plot isn’t always the strong point: Sometimes it's is and others not.

Entertaining, simple, and totally predictable and thankfully, there’s no “woke” stuff.

A good popcorn flick to kill some time, built around a topic that’s everywhere these days.

Enjoy it!

It’s not woke. That’s clearly one of the main reasons it didn’t win any Oscars, even though it was nominated for several. Not that those awards really matter, but given how Hollywood is these days, it’s worth pointing out.

As for whether it’s actually good or not, that really comes down to personal taste.

It’s about an arrogant, compulsive liar with zero empathy (at least toward 99% of the people and animals in the movie) chasing a sports dream. But to get there, he pulls every dirty trick in the book, fraud, lies, dumb arguments, and some pretty ridiculous shady deals.

An ok is uneeded update/remake of bewitched. The acting is ok and Ferrel is his usual self but a bit miscast in the role. A different actor
could of elevated this up a notch. There are some decent jokes but it's not really laugh out loud at any point and all a bit too silly in my
opinion. I don't know if I would really say it's woke. I guess Ferrell's character could be seen as the beta emasculated male depending on how you look at it. He's more of a loser self centered douche who's manipulated by witchcraft. Both female and male characters are shown to be wrong in how they treat each other and what they think they want though. I think this is kind of in how the viewer would perceive it. I will give it a mild woke just because it's kind of in how you see it.