The Snake Pit fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
The mind, history, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Snake Pit is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Emotionally, it's moving, melancholic, and cathartic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
The mind, history, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around the mind, history, and society. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Snake Pit is included with a subscription to fuboTV and History Vault in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 73/100 (IMDb 7.5, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, and Metacritic 76). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: disturbing imagery and suicide themes.
1 h 48 min
The Snake Pit runs 1 h 48 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Snake Pit higher (88) than audiences (80). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Snake Pit in 3 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 17 storytelling tropes for The Snake Pit, including Most Writers Are Writers, New York Is Only Manhattan, In Medias Res.
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