Hal fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, low-key.
Calm and low-key
Nostalgic and melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, a real life story, and show business
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Functional look and sound
Nostalgic and melancholic
Emotionally, it's nostalgic, melancholic, and wholesome.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Everyday modern life, a real life story, and show business
Its world is built around everyday modern life, a real life story, and show business.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every movie. Select a row to see all of them.
Believe In Cinema.
Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Hal is included with a subscription to Philo, Hoopla, and OVID in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and Fawesome. 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 69/100 (IMDb 7.2 and Metacritic 72). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
1 h 30 min
Hal runs 1 h 30 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Yes. Critics average 72 and audiences 72 out of 100, so both groups see Hal much the same way.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Hal in 14 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 47 storytelling tropes for Hal, including Beauty Is Never Tarnished, Loan Shark, Award-Bait Song.
7.2
