Sounder fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, no humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family and growing up.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, family, and growing up
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances and characters
Standout cinematography and score
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Sounder is calm and low-intensity. 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, melancholic, and cathartic. Much of it is about family and growing up.
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 and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography and score
Look and sound: the cinematography and score stand out.
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Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Sounder is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, and Brew in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on JustWatch TV, Kanopy, and Hoopla. 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 7.5, Rotten Tomatoes 91%, and Metacritic 100). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated G in the United States.
1 h 45 min
Sounder runs 1 h 45 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Critics rate Sounder higher (96) than audiences (77). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
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TV Tropes lists 25 storytelling tropes for Sounder, including Bittersweet Ending, Spared by the Adaptation, Institutional Apparel.
7.5
