Swallow fingerprintStrong craft, striking style, emotionally cool.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Serious throughout
The mind and everyday modern life
Standout performances and characters
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Swallow is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Emotionally, it's moving and melancholic.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
The mind and everyday modern life
Its world is built around the mind and everyday modern life.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
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Swallow is included with a subscription to Philo, Shudder, and Sundance Now in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy. 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 71/100 (IMDb 6.5, Rotten Tomatoes 87%, and Metacritic 65). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
1 h 35 min
Swallow runs 1 h 35 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Swallow higher (76) than audiences (67). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States, France.
+49GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Swallow in 63 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 17 storytelling tropes for Swallow, including Bastard Angst, Bitch in Sheep's Clothing, Child by Rape.
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