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Beyond the content, critics and audiences alike perceived the film as a transparent virtue signal, designed more to showcase woke sensibilities than to tell a compelling story. This suspicion was reinforced by the filmmakers' own messaging, urging the public to ignore the trailer’s messages and “give the movie a chance,” a classic attempt at damage control when the trailer’s reception was overwhelmingly negative.

Content Criticism and Thematic Failings

On a thematic level, the film hired controversy by depicting white people as the "most dangerous animals in the world"—a line that further alienated viewers who saw it as divisive and preachy. If the roles had been reversed, public outrage would have been deafening, but instead, the movie was simply seen as tone-deaf and divisive.