The Old Ways fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and scary
Fast from start to finish.
Melancholic
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Fantasy, everyday modern life, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and scary
Fast from start to finish.
The Old Ways is tense, scary, and thrilling.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Fantasy, everyday modern life, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around fantasy, everyday modern life, and the mind. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
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The Old Ways is included with a subscription to Netflix 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 69/100 (IMDb 5.4, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, and Metacritic 67). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 30 min
The Old Ways runs 1 h 30 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Old Ways higher (82) than audiences (51). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English, with some Spanish. Produced in United States.
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