The Deep End of the Ocean (1999) | How Woke Is It?

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The Deep End of the Ocean1999

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What We Think

'The Deep End of the Ocean' is a refreshingly non-woke film by today’s standards. It’s all about family, hardship, and reconciliation, with no soapboxing or virtue signaling. A real rarity now.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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The film is centered on a family's trauma after a child is kidnapped and found years later, placing family and parenthood front and center. Character development relies on emotion and relationships, not forced identity politics or superficial diversity casting.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional family roles and emotional bonds are central. Masculinity and motherhood are both explored without any ideological browbeating or attacks on traditional values. No trendy revisionism in sight.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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There is no obvious lampooning or villainization of traditional perspectives. The story allows space for differing views on family, forgiveness, and parental struggle. Not a whiff of ideological groupthink here.

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