Sound of Metal fingerprintBig heart, immersive world, no humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Serious throughout
Everyday modern life, the mind, and a real life story
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout performances, characters, and direction
Standout sound design, cinematography, and editing
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Sound of Metal is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving, melancholic, and cathartic. Much of it is about growing up and family.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
Everyday modern life, the mind, and a real life story
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around everyday modern life, the mind, and a real life story. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout performances, characters, and direction
The performances, characters, and direction stand out.
Standout sound design, cinematography, and editing
Look and sound: the sound design, cinematography, and editing stand out.
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Sound of Metal is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, and Amazon MX Player. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 85/100 (IMDb 7.7, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, and Metacritic 82). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: drug use and suicide themes.
2 h 1 min
Sound of Metal runs 2 h 1 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Not quite. Critics rate Sound of Metal higher (90) than audiences (82). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English, with some French. Produced in United States.
+120GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Sound of Metal in 134 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 27 storytelling tropes for Sound of Metal, including "Ray of Hope" Ending, Keeping the Handicap, Five Stages of Grief.
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