Salt of the Earth fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, low-key.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Cathartic and nostalgic
Much of it is about family.
Some satire
Not a comedy at heart.
Class and money, history, and society
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Salt of the Earth is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Cathartic and nostalgic
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's cathartic, nostalgic, and moving. Much of it is about family.
Some satire
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some satire.
Class and money, history, and society
Its world is built around class and money, history, and society.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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At last, an honest movie about American working people
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Salt of the Earth is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, and Brew in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on JustWatch TV, Kanopy, and Pluto TV. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video and FlixFling. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 78/100 (IMDb 7.3, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, and Metacritic 74). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
1 h 34 min
Salt of the Earth runs 1 h 34 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Salt of the Earth higher (87) than audiences (69). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English, with some Spanish. Produced in United States.
+125GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Salt of the Earth in 139 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 22 storytelling tropes for Salt of the Earth, including Video Credits, The Quisling, Bad to the Last Drop.
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