The Hand of God (2021) | How Woke Is It?

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The Hand of God2021

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What We Think

'The Hand of God' is about as non-woke as modern cinema gets: deeply personal, uninterested in forced messaging, and authentic to its time and place. Hollywood, take notes.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film focuses on character-driven storytelling rooted in personal and local experience, rather than on identity politics or checklist representation. There are no noticeable moments where narrative coherence is sacrificed for ideological signaling. It seems more interested in humanity than in woke talking points.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional family, religion, and local culture are presented in a nuanced, if sometimes flawed, light but not overtly mocked or subverted. Masculinity is explored with realism, not condemnation. The cultural setting remains authentic.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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While the film naturally centers Italian society, it doesn't use this as a platform to mock dissenting worldviews or rigidly endorse a modern ideological monoculture. There's little to no sense of worldview policing throughout.

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