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Bros
movie·R·Sep 30, 2022·
Box OfficeFlop · 0.7x
$22M
Budget
$14.8M
Gross
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Bros
movie
R
September 30, 2022
Wokeometer Rating
9Woke
0/10
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke
TL;DR Verdict
Bros pushes a 9/10 woke agenda by making its entire plot revolve around queer identity, masculinity debates, and historical revisionism like Abraham Lincoln's sexuality. Skip it if you want a movie instead of a lecture.
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Detailed Analysis
Bros centers its entire premise and plot on a gay romantic relationship between Bobby Lieber (Billy Eichner), a podcaster and curator of a planned national LGBTQ+ history museum, and Aaron Shepard (Luke Macfarlane), with the story explicitly weaving in themes of queer identity, masculinity in gay male culture, flamboyance versus straight-passing behavior, and historical erasure.
Specific elements include Bobby winning an award for 'Best White Cis Gay Man,' the museum board featuring characters like Angela (played by trans actress Ts Madison) and Tamara (played by trans actress Eve Lindley), scenes addressing 'tone it down' dynamics, threesomes, and a subplot involving Abraham Lincoln's sexuality labeled as resisting 'heterosexual terrorists.' The film mandates an all-openly-LGBTQ+ principal cast, including queer actors in straight roles, as a deliberate corrective to prior Hollywood practices.
Key Factors
- Core premise is a gay rom-com with explicit queer identity exploration and LGBTQ+ history museum as central backdrop
- Creator Billy Eichner statements emphasizing historic all-LGBTQ+ cast, correcting erasure, and activist intent over straight tropes
- Prominent inclusion of trans and gender-nonconforming characters/actors (Ts Madison as Angela, Eve Lindley as Tamara, Miss Lawrence as Wanda) tied to representation themes
- Audience reception signals including box-office flop and Eichner's blame on straight viewers, plus review-bombing speculation
Methodology: Each score synthesizes audience discourse, critic and aggregator reception, and press coverage — weighed against the work itself, not any single source.
Detailed BreakdownPro
Identity Politics & Racial Essentialism
Gender Ideology & LGBTQ+ Themes
DEI Casting & Representation Mandates
Preachiness & Message-First Agenda
Corporate & Creator Activism
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Is Bros Woke?
We've run a full content analysis on Bros and scored it 9/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of woke content is in Bros?
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Bros's overall score.
Is Bros family-friendly?
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Bros is rated R. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age rating to decide if it's right for your family.
How does Wokeometer score movies?
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 →
