Southern Comfort fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and violent
Fast from start to finish.
Melancholic and nostalgic
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Society, war, and politics
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Standout cinematography
Tense and violent
Fast from start to finish.
Southern Comfort is tense, violent, and thrilling.
Melancholic and nostalgic
Emotionally, it's melancholic and nostalgic.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Society, war, and politics
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around society, war, and politics. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It leaves some questions open.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
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Southern Comfort is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Shudder, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and Pluto TV. 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 71/100 (IMDb 7.1, Rotten Tomatoes 81%, and Metacritic 63). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence and strong language.
1 h 46 min
Southern Comfort runs 1 h 46 min.
Yes. Critics average 72 and audiences 70 out of 100, so both groups see Southern Comfort much the same way.
It was made in English, with some French. Produced in United States.
+9GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Southern Comfort in 23 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 58 storytelling tropes for Southern Comfort, including Killed Offscreen, Driven to Suicide, Language Fluency Reveal.
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