Piranha fingerprintHigh energy, light on feelings.
Terrifying and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life and the mind
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Terrifying and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Piranha is terrifying, tense, and fast-paced.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Everyday modern life and the mind
Its world is built around everyday modern life and the mind.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Piranha is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock, and Philo in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and Fandango at Home Free. 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 65/100 (IMDb 5.9, Rotten Tomatoes 72%, and Metacritic 71). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 34 min
Piranha runs 1 h 34 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Piranha higher (72) than audiences (57). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $660,000 to make and earned $16 million worldwide, 24.2 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+115GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Piranha in 129 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 62 storytelling tropes for Piranha, including The End... Or Is It?, Too Dumb to Live, Film at 11.
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