Antiviral fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Emotionally reserved
Some dark humor and satire
Not a comedy at heart.
The mind, pop culture, and technology
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Antiviral is tense and scary. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Some dark humor and satire
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor and satire.
The mind, pop culture, and technology
Its world is built around the mind, pop culture, and technology.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
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Antiviral is included with a subscription to Philo, AMC+, Sundance Now, and MUBI in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Pluto TV, and Plex. 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.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 57/100 (IMDb 5.7, Rotten Tomatoes 65%, and Metacritic 55). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence, disturbing imagery, and drug use.
1 h 50 min
Antiviral runs 1 h 50 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Antiviral higher (60) than audiences (51). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
No. It cost about $4 million to make and earned $123,407 worldwide, 4% of its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in Canada.
+5GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Antiviral in 19 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 36 storytelling tropes for Antiviral, including Kubrick Stare, Large Ham, Medical Horror.
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