The Children's Hour fingerprintStrong craft, light on feelings.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Society and the mind
Standout performances and characters
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Children's Hour is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Emotionally, it's moving, melancholic, and cathartic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Society and the mind
Its world is built around society and the mind.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Children's Hour is included with a subscription to fuboTV, Philo, Hoopla, and MGM+ 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 72/100 (IMDb 7.8, Rotten Tomatoes 80%, and Metacritic 49). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: suicide themes.
1 h 48 min
The Children's Hour runs 1 h 48 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate The Children's Hour higher (80) than critics (65). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
No. It cost about $4 million to make and earned $3 million worldwide, 83% of its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Children's Hour in 13 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
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