Black Coal, Thin Ice fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and violent
Melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, crime, and mystery
Solid, not remarkable
Layered plot that rewards full attention.
Functional look and sound
Tense and violent
Black Coal, Thin Ice is tense and violent.
Melancholic
Emotionally, it's melancholic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Everyday modern life, crime, and mystery
Its world is built around everyday modern life, crime, and mystery.
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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Overall: Similar vibe.
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Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 74/100 (IMDb 6.7, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, and Metacritic 70). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence.
1 h 46 min
Black Coal, Thin Ice runs 1 h 46 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Black Coal, Thin Ice higher (83) than audiences (64). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Chinese. Produced in China.
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6.7
