One Missed Call (2003) | How Woke Is It?

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One Missed Call2003

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What We Think

One Missed Call is blissfully free of overtly woke themes, prioritizing horror and character tension over social messaging. It’s a classic genre experience that lets the scares, not modern politics, do the talking.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

One Missed Call is focused on horror and suspense rather than tacking on identity-driven subplots. Character traits and development center on the plot rather than forced representation or modern ideological themes. There's little evidence that narrative was compromised for any woke messaging, refreshing for a film of any era.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

This film sticks closely to genre conventions and avoids undermining traditional Japanese culture, family, religion, or morality. It doesn't attempt to rewrite history or subvert gender roles in a modern ideological sense. If anything, its supernatural elements reinforce classic genre motifs.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

There’s virtually no evidence of ideological monoculture here. The film doesn’t push modern social commentary or portray dissenters as caricatures. Its scares and narrative are comfortably non-woke without virtue signals or ideologically loaded dialogue.

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