Dogtooth (2009) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictMildly Woke

25%

Dogtooth2009

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What We Think

Dogtooth is hardly ‘woke’ by today’s Hollywood standards. While it offers a bleak take on family and authority, its primary focus is psychological horror and absurdity, not identity politics or ideological messaging.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

Dogtooth is an art house psychological drama that does not employ forced representation or identity-based casting. It focuses intensely on disturbing character studies and bizarre social dynamics without obviously prioritizing modern ideological themes over narrative.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Woke

What is this?

While not overtly woke, the film is hypercritical of family structures and parental authority, depicting them as deeply dysfunctional and oppressive. This deconstruction of traditional family and authority implies a subversion of foundational cultural norms, even if done in a surrealist style.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Not Woke

What is this?

The film does not promote or enforce a singular ideological worldview, nor does it really trade in modern identity politics. Its weirdness is more anti-ideological than propagandistic, leaving room for interpretation rather than direct preaching.

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