Dark Star fingerprintLight on feelings.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Wondrous
Some satire and absurdist humor
Not a comedy at heart.
The future, technology, and society
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Dark Star is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Wondrous
Emotionally, it's wondrous.
Some satire and absurdist humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some satire and absurdist humor.
The future, technology, and society
Its world is built around the future, technology, and society. It leaves some questions open.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every movie. Select a row to see all of them.
The spaced out odyssey.
Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Dark Star is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Cultpix, 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 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 65/100 (IMDb 6.1, Rotten Tomatoes 74%, and Metacritic 66). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated G in the United States. Content advisories: strong language.
1 h 23 min
Dark Star runs 1 h 23 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Dark Star higher (70) than audiences (61). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+124GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Dark Star in 138 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 77 storytelling tropes for Dark Star, including Head-in-the-Sand Management, A.I. Is a Crapshoot, Cool Chair.
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