Ruthless People fingerprintHigh energy, funny, light on feelings.
Thrilling and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
Plenty of situational comedy and dark humor
Everyday modern life and crime
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Thrilling and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Ruthless People is thrilling, tense, and fast-paced.
Plenty of situational comedy and dark humor
Expect plenty of situational comedy and dark humor.
Everyday modern life and crime
Its world is built around everyday modern life and crime.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Ruthless People is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 78/100 (IMDb 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes 93%, and Metacritic 78). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: strong language.
1 h 34 min
Ruthless People runs 1 h 34 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Ruthless People higher (86) than audiences (72). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $11 million to make and earned $72 million worldwide, 6.5 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
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TV Tropes lists 94 storytelling tropes for Ruthless People, including Fat Suit, Description Cut, Humiliation Conga.
6.9
