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Silo

movie
NR
May 7, 2021
Wokeometer Rating
1Based
0/10
Audience Woke Score
3/10
Based
1 Rating
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke

TL;DR Verdict

Silo earns its 1/10 woke score by sticking to a tense farm rescue story driven by community cooperation and real rural dangers, with no identity politics or progressive messaging.

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Detailed Analysis

Silo is a straightforward original thriller-drama centered on a grain entrapment accident in a small American farm town.

Teenager Cody Rose becomes trapped in a silo filled with corn that acts like quicksand; local firefighters, farmers including Junior and his dementia-afflicted father, and community members including Cody's mother Val and best friend Lucha work to rescue him. The narrative emphasizes practical rural dangers, community cooperation amid personal conflicts, and the real-world statistics of farm accidents, with no social justice framing or identity-based conflicts.

As an original story with no source material alterations, the premise stays grounded in traditional rural farm perils rather than injecting external ideological elements. Casting choices remain incidental, such as Danny Ramirez as farmhand Lucha, who integrates into the community without narrative emphasis or forced diversity mandates. The plot resolves through practical rescue efforts and everyday differences instead of systemic oppression or identity politics. This approach keeps the focus on authentic farm-life tensions and cooperative problem-solving, delivering entertainment value free of progressive messaging that might otherwise compromise the story's directness.

Key Factors

  • Original story focused on grain entrapment peril in traditional rural farm setting with no source material alterations
  • Incidental casting of Danny Ramirez as farmhand Lucha fits the community without narrative emphasis or forced diversity mandates
  • Plot resolves around practical rescue efforts and everyday differences rather than systemic oppression, identity politics, or progressive messaging

Methodology: Each score synthesizes audience discourse, critic and aggregator reception, and press coverage — weighed against the work itself, not any single source.

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Is Silo Woke?

We've run a full content analysis on Silo and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

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What kind of woke content is in Silo?

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 Silo's overall score.

Is Silo family-friendly?

Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Silo is rated NR. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age rating to decide if it's right for your family.

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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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Top Cast

Jeremy Holm
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Frank

Jill Paice
1Based

Jill Paice

Valerie

Jack DiFalco
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Jack DiFalco

Cody

Jim Parrack
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Jim Parrack

Junior

Chris Ellis
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James DeForest Parker

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Danny Ramirez
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Audience Reviews1

ibairvWoke3/10
Sep 29, 2026

DEI casting ruins the show with their mediocre (at best) acting.