The Surprise fingerprintFunny, strong craft.
Tense
Romantic
Plenty of dark humor and sharp wit
Kept in the background
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Romantic
Emotionally, it's romantic.
Plenty of dark humor and sharp wit
Expect plenty of dark humor and sharp wit.
Kept in the background
The world stays in the background.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 78/100 (IMDb 6.7 and Rotten Tomatoes 88%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: suicide themes.
1 h 42 min
The Surprise runs 1 h 42 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Surprise higher (88) than audiences (70). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Dutch. Produced in Netherlands.
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