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Ghosted
Movie

Ghosted

2023 • Action, Adventure, Comedy

Woke Score
3
out of 10

Plot

Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie, but then makes the shocking discovery that she's a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the world.

Overall Series Review

Ghosted is a romantic action-comedy built on the reversal of traditional gender roles, where the high-stakes spy work is handled exclusively by the female lead. The plot centers on an agricultural historian, Cole, who is portrayed as needy and passive, who travels internationally to pursue Sadie, the highly competent and emotionally detached CIA operative who is 'The Taxman.' The narrative structure is a continuous sequence of Sadie rescuing and guiding Cole through international threats, using him as bait at one point. The film is light on overt political lecturing, focusing instead on the action and the comedy derived from the role-reversal dynamic. The primary themes detected involve a complete inversion of masculinity and femininity in service of the 'Girl Boss' trope, while other social agendas are largely absent.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics3/10

The main focus is on a gender-based role reversal, not an intersectional hierarchy or a lecture on privilege. The casting features an ethnically diverse pairing in the lead roles, but the narrative does not use immutable characteristics as the basis for the conflict. The male lead is depicted as incompetent and bumbling, aligning with the negative portrayal of a white male, but this is a consequence of the gender dynamic, not an argument about systemic oppression.

Oikophobia2/10

The central conflict involves an American CIA agent saving the world from a foreign criminal who is a disgraced French intelligence agent. The male lead, Cole, is a farmer and agricultural historian, a character explicitly tied to the land and a positive connection to his home culture. There is no evidence of civilizational self-hatred or demonization of Western heritage.

Feminism9/10

The movie is a direct execution of the 'Girl Boss' trope, where the female protagonist, Sadie, is the flawless, hyper-competent secret agent. The male lead, Cole, is completely emasculated as the damsel in distress who is emotionally needy and incapable of operating in the action sphere. The gender roles are explicitly reversed for the film's core comedic and dramatic tension.

LGBTQ+1/10

The core relationship is a traditional male-female pairing. The reviews and plot summaries do not indicate the centering of alternative sexualities, deconstruction of the nuclear family beyond the leads' initial casual encounter, or any lecturing on gender ideology.

Anti-Theism1/10

The movie is a generic action-comedy focused on a global bioweapon plot. The narrative contains no themes or storylines that promote hostility toward religion, specifically Christianity, nor does it explicitly embrace moral relativism as a subject of discussion.