Concerning Violence fingerprintStrong craft, light on feelings.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Some satire
Not a comedy at heart.
Politics, society, and history
Solid, not remarkable
Layered plot that rewards full attention.
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Concerning Violence is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Emotionally, it's moving and melancholic.
Some satire
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some satire.
Politics, society, and history
Its world is built around politics, society, and history.
Solid, not remarkable
Layered plot that rewards full attention.
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable. The plot is layered and rewards full attention.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Concerning Violence is included with a subscription to Hoopla and Kino Film Collection in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy. 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 73/100 (IMDb 7.5, Rotten Tomatoes 90%, and Metacritic 80). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 25 min
Concerning Violence runs 1 h 25 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Concerning Violence higher (85) than audiences (74). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Swedish, with some English, Portuguese, French. Produced in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, United States.
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7.5
