The Fly fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
The mind, mystery, and technology
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Fly is tense and scary. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
The mind, mystery, and technology
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around the mind, mystery, and technology. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
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If she looked upon the horror her husband had become...She would scream for the rest of her life!
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The Fly is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 74/100 (IMDb 7.1, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, and Metacritic 62). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 34 min
The Fly runs 1 h 34 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Fly higher (79) than audiences (70). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes. It cost about $700,000 to make and earned $3 million worldwide, 4.3 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some French. Produced in United States.
+5GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Fly in 19 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
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