About Us

Founded in 2023, Worth it or Woke was born out of the blatant disconnect between Hollywood’s values and those of everyday families. Our mission is to give families a trusted source for honest, value-driven entertainment reviews. Guided by a Christian worldview, we believe truth, morality, and family still matter—and that what we watch shapes the culture around us.

We’re not afraid to take on the mainstream critics. Too many have become less trustworthy than the filmmakers they cover—trading integrity for access, early screenings, and 30 pieces of swag. Worth it or Woke exists as an alternative grounded in conviction, not compromise.

Some people assume that Christian writing must be dry, passionless, or overly cautious—and there’s no shortage of content out there to reinforce that stereotype. At Worth it or Woke, we prove it doesn’t have to be that way. Faith informs our perspective, integrity, and discernment, but our reviews are lively, sharp, and often sardonic. Praise is given when it’s earned, and bad films—woke or not—get called out with humor, wit, and unflinching honesty. Many of our reviews are radically different from what you’ll find from other critics, Christian or otherwise, because we believe faith and fearless, entertaining criticism can—and should—go hand in hand.

Every review combines traditional film analysis with tools that matter to families and faith-minded viewers. Each title includes a Woke Report highlighting ideological content. For children’s and family programming, we include detailed Parental Notes covering excessive violence, language, and other concerns. Unlike some mainstream family review sources that occasionally give a pass to programming with radical progressive messaging, we call it as we see it. Our Woke-O-Meter gives a quick snapshot of how culturally affected a movie or show is, helping you know exactly what values are being promoted.

At Worth it or Woke, we don’t aim to flatter Hollywood—we aim to equip you with clarity, honesty, and confidence so you can make informed choices about what’s truly worth your time and what’s just woke.

We recognize that not everyone has the same tolerance for radical progressivism, nor does everyone perceive wokeness in exactly the same way. Since our mission is to provide the best possible information and not marching orders, in addition to the more subjective Woke-O-Meter, we include a detailed Woke Report that lists all wokeness and radical progressivism that we find in every program, as well as those elements that might tip the scale in the right direction. This way, even if viewers don’t agree with the percentage of wokeness we’ve assigned to the program, they still have everything they need to make an informed decision.

A question we often ask ourselves when filling out a Woke Report is what truly matters: intent or execution. Plenty of movies and series are clearly crafted by writers and directors aiming to push a woke, liberal message—but many either fail outright or only manage to slip in fragments here and there. At times, they’re so blinded by their own wrongthink that they don’t even recognize what they’ve actually put on screen.

Take The Penguin as an example. If you only watched the mini-docs at the end of each episode, creator Lauren LeFranc would have you believe the series was a grand tale of female empowerment, deconstructing toxic masculinity and systemic patriarchy. While the show did carry shades of that theme, particularly in Sophia’s arc, it was far from the oppressive narrative LeFranc described.

So the question becomes: is The Penguin “woke” because LeFranc intended it to be, or not “woke” because she failed to execute her vision? We tend to lean toward the latter. Still, our goal is to present all the information in our reports so you can make up your own mind.

We know that parents have different thresholds for what’s appropriate for their children, and every family approaches entertainment with its own values in mind. That’s why our Parental Notes provide detailed, objective guidance for family and children’s programming, covering elements such as violence, language, sexual content, and other potentially concerning themes.

Our goal isn’t to dictate what your children should or shouldn’t watch—it’s to give you the information you need to make your own decisions. Each note explains what occurs, how frequently it happens, and the context in which it appears. This way, even if your tolerance differs from ours, you’ll have a clear picture of what to expect before pressing play.

For example, a movie might include cartoonish slapstick violence, occasional mild swearing, or a single suggestive moment. Our notes detail these incidents honestly, letting you weigh them according to your family’s standards. By combining these notes with our Woke Report and Woke-O-Meter, parents get a comprehensive snapshot of both ideological content and age-appropriate suitability—empowering you to choose wisely for your household.

Woke [wōk]: adj.– 1. having a propensity for ultra/radical-progressivism, characterized by the active eschewing of objective truth, traditions, and societal mores that have been tried and tested for generations in lieu of nonsensical beliefs that defy logic and substantive supportive objective data. Ex: Roads are racist is a woke concept.

Based [bāst]: adj.– 1. abbreviated slang for “based in fact.” The opposite of “woke.”  2. courageous, unique, or not caring what others think. It’s especially common in online political slang. The opposite of “cringe.”

Examples of Wokeness in film

• The forced celebration of behavior that, until 30 minutes ago, was deemed to be immoral, unethical, or the province of the profoundly mentally disturbed, and treating those who do not participate in said celebration as bigots.
• Writing women as snarky prats who are better and smarter than every male in the film because every male in the program has been written as either a useless and/or evil caricature of a man.
• Disney’s “not so secret gay agenda.”
• Retconning strong male characters in their own sequels and reboots to be significantly lesser than previously established so that a “strong independent woman” can undermine them.
• The purposeful misrepresentation of religion and the religious and/or capitalism and capitalists so that it/they may be used as straw men to forward a false (i.e. radical-progressive) narrative.
• Manufactured diversity quotas for the sake of diversity over narrative.
• The denial of objective truth, especially as represented by the intentional blurring of lines between good and evil – not as an interesting thought experiment but as an agenda-driven system of belief.

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