Pools (2025)
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Synopsis
When her personal life begins to unravel, a university student named Kennedy embarks on a rebellious journey sneaking into the luxurious swimming pools of upscale estates surrounding her campus. Through this daring adventure, she seeks to find closure regarding her late father and gain the inner freedom to forge her own path.
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Woke Score Breakdown
🎭 Race-swapped character
1The film is an original screenplay with no pre-existing source material or historical characters to recast or race-swap.
🔃 Gender-swapped character
1No established character is recast as the opposite sex; the film features an original cast of characters.
👥 Diverse casting
1The cast features a contemporary mix of students (played by Odessa A'zion, Mason Gooding, Tyler Alvarez, and Francesca Noel) that naturally fits a modern college setting.
✊ Racial messaging
1The narrative focuses on personal grief and coming-of-age, without introducing messages about systemic racism or racial grievances.
🛂 Immigrant themes
1The film does not address immigration, borders, or the immigrant experience.
🪶 Indigenous peoples
1Indigenous peoples' issues, colonization, and cultural survival are entirely absent from the story.
🏳️🌈 LGBT characters
1The film features heterosexual dynamics and crushes (such as Shane having a crush on Reed, and Delaney being Reed's ex) without any prominent LGBT characters or themes.
♀️ Feminist themes
1While the film centers on a female lead, Kennedy, her arc is focused on processing personal grief rather than pushing feminist or anti-patriarchal messages.
🏢 Anti-capitalist themes
1Though the characters trespass in wealthy estates, the pool-hopping is treated as an escape from the heat and a vehicle for self-discovery, rather than a systematic critique of capitalism.
🌱 Environmental issues
1The plot uses a local heat wave and a broken AC unit to initiate the pool-hopping, but does not present environmental or climate change arguments to the audience.
Content Rating Breakdown
💋 Sex & Nudity
MildCharacters spend most of the film in swimwear (bathing suits and swim trunks) while pool-hopping. There are some flirtatious exchanges, romantic tension, and implied sexual situations among the college-aged group, but no explicit sexual scenes or actual nudity are depicted.
🩸 Violence & Gore
MildThe main character's father's death from a stroke is a central plot element but occurs before the film's timeline and is only verbally discussed. Physical conflict is limited to light comedic tension, such as the group being chased off a property by an angry homeowner wielding a pool stick.
🤬 Profanity
ModerateStrong language, including vulgarities like 'f**k' and 'sh*t,' is used occasionally throughout the film in casual, realistic dialogue among the college students.
🍺 Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
SevereSubstance use is a frequent and central element of the characters' wild night out. The group consumes numerous stolen mini-bottles of Malört and other alcohol, leading to visible inebriation and a scene of vomiting. Additionally, characters are depicted smoking cigarettes and discussing smoking cigars.
👻 Frightening & Intense Scenes
MildMild tension occurs when the characters trespass onto private property, try to avoid security, get chased by a homeowner, or briefly encounter a police officer, but there is no genuine peril or frightening imagery.