The Motel fingerprintLow-key.
Calm and low-key
Moving
Much of it is about growing up and family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, growing up, and family
Standout characters
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
The Motel is calm and low-intensity.
Moving
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's moving. Much of it is about growing up and family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Everyday modern life, growing up, and family
Its world is built around everyday modern life, growing up, and family.
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.
Out of Place in the Middle of Nowhere.
You are here: The MotelTap a poster to move
You are herePreview
vscompared with The Motel
The Motel2005
Point at a poster to compare itHold a poster to compare it
A chip fills to its level. Tap a full one for titles without that trait, a low one for titles with it.
Open a page:Trust (1990)The Black Balloon (2008)Laggies (2014)Rocket Science (2007)Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)Elling (2001)Everything Must Go (2011)Loose Cannons (2010)Igby Goes Down (2002)Inside I'm Dancing (2004)Alice in the Cities (1974)Anywhere but Here (1999)Sun in Buckets (2013)Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2012)Wonder Boys (2000)Russian Dolls (2005)White Oleander (2002)The King of Staten Island (2020)The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)Submarine (2011)Terri (2011)North Sea Texas (2011)Show Me Love (1998)Love Is All You Need (2012)Louder Than Bombs (2015)Life as a House (2001)Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016)The Brothers McMullen (1995)Beautiful Girls (1996)Nobody's Fool (1994)Waitress (2007)Gloria Bell (2019)Junebug (2005)The Man Without a Face (1993)Son of the Bride (2001)Kes (1970)Our Idiot Brother (2011)The Beaver (2011)Life Is Sweet (1991)LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2009)Afire (2023)Starbuck (2011)Grandma (2015)Lawn Dogs (1997)Broken Flowers (2005)Rachel Getting Married (2008)Sandeep Bhaiya (2023)The Descendants (2011)In Her Shoes (2005)Garden State (2004)Finding Forrester (2000)Tokyo Sonata (2008)Parenthood (1989)The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)Giant Little Ones (2019)The House of Flowers (2018)Life Unexpected (2010)The World of Apu (1959)Normal People (2020)Beautiful Thing (1996)Chemical Hearts (2020)The Skeleton Twins (2014)Pagglait (2021)
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
You can watch it free with ads on Fandango at Home Free, Pluto TV, and Tubi 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.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 64/100 (IMDb 6.6, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, and Metacritic 70). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: strong language.
1 h 15 min
The Motel runs 1 h 15 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Motel higher (79) than audiences (65). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English, with some Chinese. Produced in United States.
6.6
