The Righteous fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Faith and meaning, the mind, and mystery
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Righteous is tense and scary. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Faith and meaning, the mind, and mystery
Its world is built around faith and meaning, the mind, and mystery.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Righteous is included with a subscription to Philo, AMC+, Shudder, and Night Flight+ in the United States. 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.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 61/100 (IMDb 6, Rotten Tomatoes 92%, and Metacritic 67). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence, disturbing imagery, and suicide themes.
1 h 37 min
The Righteous runs 1 h 37 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Righteous higher (80) than audiences (63). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in Canada.
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TV Tropes lists 8 storytelling tropes for The Righteous, including Evil Is Not Well-Lit, Ambiguous Situation, Answer to Prayers.
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