Observance fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, emotionally cool.
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
Serious throughout
The mind and mystery
Solid, not remarkable
Standout sound design
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Observance is tense and scary. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
Emotionally, it's melancholic.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
The mind and mystery
Its world is built around the mind and mystery. It leaves some questions open.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Standout sound design
Look and sound: the sound design stand out.
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Observance is included with a subscription to FlixFling in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Plex, and DistroTV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV Store and FlixFling. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 56/100 (IMDb 4.5 and Rotten Tomatoes 71%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States. Content advisories: disturbing imagery and suicide themes.
1 h 30 min
Observance runs 1 h 30 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Observance higher (71) than audiences (37). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in Australia.
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