Cannonball fingerprintRelentless energy, light on feelings.
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
Nostalgic
Some slapstick
Not a comedy at heart.
Sports and history
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
Cannonball is pulse-pounding, breakneck, and tense.
Nostalgic
Emotionally, it's nostalgic.
Some slapstick
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some slapstick.
Sports and history
Its world is built around sports and history.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Cannonball is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, FlixFling, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Plex, Fawesome, and Xumo Play. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video and FlixFling. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 36/100 (IMDb 5.5 and Metacritic 35). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 33 min
Cannonball runs 1 h 33 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate Cannonball higher (45) than critics (35). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $780,000 to make and earned $2 million worldwide, 1.9 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some German. Produced in United States, Hong Kong SAR China.
+117GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Cannonball in 131 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 43 storytelling tropes for Cannonball, including Watch the Paint Job, "No Rules" Racing, Suspect Is Hatless.
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