Kicking & Screaming
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: medium
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The Verdict
A straightforward early-2000s family sports comedy about a dad coaching his son's soccer team. There's no identity messaging, LGBTQ+ content, or preachiness here — just gentle comedy about competitiveness and parenting. Essentially clean across all axes.
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
0Original family comedy with no established characters to swap.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
5A father-son sports comedy with no male-demotion messaging.
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
0No LGBTQ+ content present.
DEI Casting
10A diverse group of kids on a youth soccer team, which fits a contemporary suburban setting naturally.
- Mixed-background kids' soccer team
Preachiness
15A light message about not over-pressuring kids in sports, folded into comedy rather than lectured.
- Phil learns to value fun over winning
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
15The competitive father is mocked comedically, but this is family-comedy rivalry, not an anti-masculinity message.
- Phil's hyper-competitive dad as comic foil
Source Betrayal
0Original screenplay with no source material.
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Cast & Crew
Will Ferrell
Phil Weston
Robert Duvall
Buck Weston
Mike Ditka
Mike Ditka
Kate Walsh
Barbara Weston
Musetta Vander
Janice Weston
Dylan McLaughlin
Sam Weston
Josh Hutcherson
Bucky Weston
Steven Anthony Lawrence
Mark Avery
Jeremy Bergman
Hunter
Elliott Cho
Byong Sun
Judd Apatow (Executive Producer) · Charles Roven (Executive Producer) · Daniel Lupi (Executive Producer) · Jesse Dylan (Director)
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