Poolhall Junkies fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Thrilling and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Sports, everyday modern life, and crime
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Thrilling and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Poolhall Junkies is thrilling, tense, and fast-paced.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Sports, everyday modern life, and crime
Its world is built around sports, 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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Poolhall Junkies is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Plex, and Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 45/100 (IMDb 6.8, Rotten Tomatoes 33%, and Metacritic 36). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: strong language and violence.
1 h 39 min
Poolhall Junkies runs 1 h 39 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate Poolhall Junkies higher (78) than critics (35). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
No. It cost about $4 million to make and earned $563,711 worldwide, 14% of its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Poolhall Junkies in 3 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 33 storytelling tropes for Poolhall Junkies, including Grey-and-Grey Morality, Those Two Guys, Worthy Adversary.
6.8
