Lamb fingerprintStriking style, no humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family and growing up.
Serious throughout
Everyday modern life, family, and growing up
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, direction, and characters
Standout cinematography
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Lamb is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family and growing up.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving and melancholic. Much of it is about family and growing up.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
Everyday modern life, family, and growing up
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around everyday modern life, family, and growing up. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, direction, and characters
The performances, direction, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
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Lamb is included with a subscription to OVID in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy and Hoopla. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, and Apple TV Store. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 80/100 (IMDb 6.8 and Rotten Tomatoes 89%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
1 h 34 min
Lamb runs 1 h 34 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Lamb higher (89) than audiences (72). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Amharic, with some English. Produced in Norway, France, Ethiopia, Qatar, Germany.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Lamb in 10 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 33 storytelling tropes for Lamb, including Laser-Guided Karma, Boom, Headshot!, Gory Discretion Shot.
6.8
