The Art of Self-Defense fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Violent and thrilling
Emotionally reserved
Some dark humor and satire
Not a comedy at heart.
Society, everyday modern life, and the mind
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Violent and thrilling
The Art of Self-Defense is violent, thrilling, and tense.
Some dark humor and satire
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor and satire.
Society, everyday modern life, and the mind
Its world is built around society, everyday modern life, and the mind.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and Fandango at Home Free. 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 70/100 (IMDb 6.6, Rotten Tomatoes 83%, and Metacritic 65). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence, strong language, and sexual content.
1 h 44 min
The Art of Self-Defense runs 1 h 44 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Art of Self-Defense higher (74) than audiences (65). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $2 million to make and earned $2 million worldwide, 1.3 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some French, German, Spanish. Produced in United States.
+63GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Art of Self-Defense in 77 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 58 storytelling tropes for The Art of Self-Defense, including Thug Dojo, Embarrassing First Name, Disposing of a Body.
6.6
