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Facts

1992 · Drama, Crime · English21% of its budget back

Critics vs audiences

Critics a little warmer than audiences (+9)

Critics 79Audiences 70GoodWatch 74

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Tomatometer87%

  • Metacritic

    Metascore70

  • Letterboxd

    Letterboxd · 39 K ratings3.7/5

  • Metacritic

    User score7.4

  • IMDb

    IMDb6.9

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Audience score64%

Box office

21%of its budget back

Budget
$5 M
Worldwide
$1 M

Worldwide it made back $1 M of the $5 M it cost.

Running time

1 h 43 min

A typical length for dramas, −6 min on the typical 109

Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.

Reach

Streams in 10 countries, rent or buy in 8 more

Released

1992

August 21, 1992

34 years ago

Genres

DramaCrime

Language

English

Original language

Also spoken

HebrewGermanItalianSpanish

Made in

  • United States

Content

R · Drug use, strong language +2Adults

Rated

  • RUnited States

What's in it

  • ViolenceMild
  • Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
  • Frightening scenesLittle or none
  • Sex, nudityMild
  • Dark themesStrong
  • Drug useNamed in the advisories
  • Strong languageNamed in the advisories

In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.

Viewing guide

AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchBackground WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-Provoking

Not listed for kids or family movie night.

Starring

StarringWillem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany

28 people

Made by

Directed by Paul SchraderEdward Lachman (camera), Michael Been (music), Kristina Boden (editing)·17 people in 8 departments

Directing · 2

Production · 5

Camera · 1

Editing · 1

Sound · 1

Art · 3

Costume & Make-Up · 3

Other crew · 1