Dennis the Menace
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: high
Audience Score
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The Verdict
A wholesome, slapstick-driven family comedy based on the classic comic strip. There is essentially zero identity messaging here — it's a clean film by every WokeMeter measure.
What the AI Flagged
Each axis scored 0–100, with the receipts. The headline score weights the worst offense, so a single egregious element isn't diluted by the rest.
Identity Swaps
0Faithful family comedy adaptation of the comic strip with no identity-altered characters.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
5No male-demotion messaging; Mr. Wilson is comically frustrated but that's the source premise.
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
0No LGBTQ+ content whatsoever.
DEI Casting
5Standard early-90s suburban cast; nothing inserted as a quota.
Preachiness
5A lighthearted slapstick comedy with no sermonizing.
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
3No anti-masculinity or anti-West framing.
Source Betrayal
5Largely faithful to the Hank Ketcham comic strip's tone and characters.
Audience Reviews
Discussion
Cast & Crew
Walter Matthau
Mr. Wilson
Mason Gamble
Dennis Mitchell
Joan Plowright
Martha Wilson
Christopher Lloyd
Switchblade Sam
Lea Thompson
Alice Mitchell
Robert Stanton
Henry Mitchell
Amy Sakasitz
Margaret Wade
Kellen Hathaway
Joey
Paul Winfield
Chief of Police
Natasha Lyonne
Polly
Nick Castle (Director) · Ernest Chambers (Executive Producer)
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