Box Office
Underperformed · 1.6xBudget$60M
Worldwide Gross$96M
The Amateur sticks to classic revenge-thriller storytelling with zero identity politics, DEI messaging, or social justice subplots. It earns a 1/10 woke score as pure, neutral entertainment.
The Amateur is a straightforward 2025 remake of the 1981 espionage thriller based on Robert Littell's novel, centering on CIA cryptographer Charlie Heller (Rami Malek) whose wife Sarah (Rachel Brosnahan) is killed in a London terrorist attack; he blackmails the agency for training to personally hunt the perpetrators, including figures like Gretchen Frank (an Armenian ex-intelligence officer).
The narrative follows classic revenge and rogue-agent tropes with no critiques of systemic oppression, patriarchy, or traditional norms, and no dialogue or subplots addressing identity politics, DEI mandates, or social justice themes. Casting features a diverse supporting ensemble (including Laurence Fishburne and Caitríona Balfe) in standard Hollywood fashion for an international thriller, but without any race- or gender-swapping of established source characters or foregrounding of identity as a focal point.
One minor production choice removed the original novel's Jewish elements from Heller, which does not introduce progressive framing. Niche backlash over the Armenian villain character and Turkey references exists but stems from geopolitical concerns unrelated to progressive ideology.
We've run a full content analysis on The Amateur and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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