I Kill Giants (2017) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictNot Woke

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I Kill Giants2017

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What We Think

“I Kill Giants” is refreshingly non-woke by modern Hollywood standards, delivering a heartfelt, character-driven story about grief and acceptance without shoehorning in a heavy-handed agenda. Its strength is its sincerity and universal emotional themes.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Mildly Woke

What is this?

The film’s focus is on a young girl's escapist fantasy as she copes with trauma. While Barbara is a strong female lead, her character is grounded in real emotional struggles, and the story gives more weight to psychological depth than to identity politics. Forced representation or ideological narrative shifts are minimal.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Not Woke

What is this?

Family, grief, and coping are depicted with nuance, no overt attacks on traditional values. Masculinity or religion aren’t mocked, and the core message reinforces confronting reality and cherishing relationships, rather than subverting tradition or pushing cultural revisionism.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Not Woke

What is this?

There’s little effort to villainize alternative viewpoints or hammer in a single ideological perspective. The film is mostly about universal emotional struggles, so viewers from multiple backgrounds can relate. Ideological uniformity or caricatures are essentially absent.

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