99 Homes (2015) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictNot Woke

17%

99 Homes2015

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What We Think

99 Homes keeps its focus on economic hardship and personal struggle rather than pushing modern identity politics. While it has a critical eye for the American Dream’s pitfalls, it’s relatively non-woke by today’s Hollywood standards.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

99 Homes focuses on individual desperation and moral compromise during the 2008 housing crisis, letting characters' actions drive the story rather than checking off identity boxes. Race, gender or sexuality are barely emphasized; narrative tension is king.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Not Woke

What is this?

The film's critique is aimed at economic systems rather than traditional values like family, religion, or masculinity. The father-son dynamic is treated with seriousness, and there’s no overt revisionism or undermining of core Western culture.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Mildly Woke

What is this?

While 99 Homes clearly critiques certain capitalist practices, it doesn't mock or villainize dissenters in a cartoonish way, Michael Shannon's antagonist is complex, not a strawman. Some capitalist alternatives are shown, although traditional or religious worldviews don't feature much.

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