Shin Godzilla fingerprintRelentless energy, immersive world, light on feelings.
Epic and nerve-racking
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
Plenty of satire
Politics, society, and everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and storytelling
Standout editing, sound design, and cinematography
A distinctive visual signature.
Epic and nerve-racking
Fast from start to finish.
Shin Godzilla is epic, nerve-racking, and breakneck.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
Politics, society, and everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around politics, society, and everyday modern life. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and storytelling
The direction, performances, and storytelling stand out.
Standout editing, sound design, and cinematography
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the editing, sound design, and cinematography stand out.
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Shin Godzilla is included with a subscription to HBO Max in the United States. 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 75/100 (IMDb 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes 87%, and Metacritic 66). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
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Shin Godzilla runs 2 h 0 min.
Yes. Critics average 77 and audiences 74 out of 100, so both groups see Shin Godzilla much the same way.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $15 million to make and earned $78 million worldwide, 5.2 times its budget.
It was made in Japanese, with some Italian, German, English. Produced in Japan.
+39GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Shin Godzilla in 53 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 147 storytelling tropes for Shin Godzilla, including Badass Bureaucrat, Metamorphosis Monster, Humans Are the Real Monsters.
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