The Paperboy fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and violent
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime, everyday modern life, and mystery
Standout performances and characters
Functional look and sound
Tense and violent
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Paperboy is tense and violent. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving
Emotionally, it's moving.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Crime, everyday modern life, and mystery
Its world is built around crime, everyday modern life, and mystery.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Paperboy is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock, and Metrograph in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on The CW, Kanopy, and Hoopla. 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.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 48/100 (IMDb 5.7, Rotten Tomatoes 45%, and Metacritic 45). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence, nudity, sexual content, strong language, and disturbing imagery.
1 h 47 min
The Paperboy runs 1 h 47 min.
Yes. Critics average 45 and audiences 49 out of 100, so both groups see The Paperboy much the same way.
No. It cost about $13 million to make and earned $1 million worldwide, 11% of its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+24GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Paperboy in 38 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 25 storytelling tropes for The Paperboy, including Villainous Breakdown, Ax-Crazy, The Fundamentalist.
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