Klaus
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: high
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The Verdict
Klaus is a warm, original Santa-origin story focused on friendship and the ripple effect of kindness. It carries a gentle moral but folds it naturally into the narrative, and contains essentially no identity messaging. A clean family film by WokeMeter standards.
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
5An original Santa-origin tale with no established characters being swapped.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
10Alva is a competent female schoolteacher but the film centers two male leads without diminishing men as a message.
- Alva runs a fish shop turned school but is not framed against incompetent men
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
3No LGBTQ+, trans, or non-binary content present.
DEI Casting
12A Saami family appears as part of the northern setting, which fits the world rather than acting as a quota.
- The Saami characters Margu and her family fit the Arctic setting
Preachiness
20Has a gentle 'an act of goodwill sparks another' moral but it's woven into the story rather than sermonized.
- The town's feud melts as kindness spreads
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
5No anti-masculinity or anti-West framing.
Source Betrayal
5Original Santa-origin story, not adapted from specific source material.
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Cast & Crew
Jason Schwartzman
Jesper (voice)
J.K. Simmons
Klaus (voice)
Rashida Jones
Alva (voice)
Joan Cusack
Mrs. Krum (voice)
Norm Macdonald
Mogens (voice)
Will Sasso
Mr. Ellingboe (voice)
Sergio Pablos
Pumpkin / Olaf (voice)
Mila Brener
Ellingboe Girl 3 (voice)
Neda Margrethe Labba
Margu (voice)
Sydney Brower
Ellingboe Girl (voice)
Warren Franklin (Executive Producer) · Sergio Pablos (Director) · Eamonn Butler (Executive Producer)
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