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Hit · 4.3xBudget$47M
Worldwide Gross$203.4M
Arrival earns a 1/10 woke score by adapting its 1998 source material into neutral sci-fi focused on language, time, and grief—without identity politics, oppression narratives, or forced diversity.
Arrival centers on linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) deciphering heptapod language to avert global conflict, with the core premise drawn directly from Ted Chiang's 1998 short story 'Story of Your Life.' The narrative explores linguistic relativity, nonlinear time perception, grief over a daughter's death, and personal agency in reproduction, without any framing around identity politics, systemic oppression, or critiques of traditional norms.
The original story already features a female protagonist, so Adams' casting involves no gender-swapping of established characters, and supporting roles like Forest Whitaker's Colonel and Tzi Ma's General Shang align with the international military setting rather than DEI mandates.
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We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →
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