Eileen fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Profoundly sad and moving
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
The mind, history, and crime
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Eileen is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
The mind, history, and crime
Its world is built around the mind, history, and crime.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
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Crime has never felt so intoxicating.
Overall: Similar vibe.
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Eileen is included with a subscription to Hulu in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy. 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 67/100 (IMDb 5.9, Rotten Tomatoes 81%, and Metacritic 72). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
1 h 38 min
Eileen runs 1 h 38 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Critics rate Eileen higher (77) than audiences (56). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
No. It cost about $16 million to make and earned $2 million worldwide, 10% of its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom, United States.
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TV Tropes lists 29 storytelling tropes for Eileen, including Plain Jane, Serious Business, Sweet Tooth.
5.9
