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Flop · 2.0xBudget$50M
Worldwide Gross$97.6M
The Woman King earns a high woke score (7/10) by rewriting Dahomey's slave-trading past into an anachronistic Black-female-empowerment tale that prioritizes modern ideology over history—best avoided if you want facts over messaging.
The Woman King centers progressive ideological framing through its portrayal of the Agojie as fierce Black female warriors led by General Nanisca (Viola Davis), with the plot emphasizing their training of recruits and battles to defend their way of life against external threats including slave traders.
This narrative sanitizes Dahomey's extensive historical role in the transatlantic slave trade by having characters adopt anachronistic anti-slavery positions, turning the story into a selective reclamation of African history that prioritizes modern empowerment themes over factual nuance. Casting reinforces this with an all-Black ensemble of leads including Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, and John Boyega as King Ghezo, alongside deliberate crew hires of Black women to address perceived opportunity deficits, as stated by director Gina Prince-Bythewood.
Creator intent amplifies the ideology, with Prince-Bythewood explicitly aiming to counter 'colonizer' viewpoints, highlight Black women's humanity and strength, and enable audiences to 'see ourselves as heroic or as kings or as queens.' Audience reception signals the centrality, including trending #BoycottWomanKing calls from some Black viewers over glorification of a slave-trading kingdom and user reviews decrying the 'woke agenda' and historical revisionism, despite strong CinemaScore grades. These elements make identity-based empowerment and selective historical critique foundational rather than incidental.
We've run a full content analysis on The Woman King and scored it 7/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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 The Woman King's overall score.
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). The Woman King is rated PG-13. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age ratingto decide if it's right for your family.
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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