Lord of the Flies fingerprintRelentless energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Nerve-racking and brutally violent
Fast from start to finish.
Moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Growing up, society, and everyday modern life
Standout performances and characters
Functional look and sound
Nerve-racking and brutally violent
Fast from start to finish.
Lord of the Flies is nerve-racking, brutally violent, and scary.
Moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up.
Emotionally, it's moving and melancholic. Much of it is about growing up.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Growing up, society, and everyday modern life
Its world is built around growing up, society, and everyday modern life.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Lord of the Flies is included with a subscription to HBO Max in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Fandango At Home. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 71/100 (IMDb 6.8, Rotten Tomatoes 92%, and Metacritic 67). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 32 min
Lord of the Flies runs 1 h 32 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Critics rate Lord of the Flies higher (80) than audiences (62). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom.
+8GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Lord of the Flies in 22 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 136 storytelling tropes for Lord of the Flies, including Symbolically Broken Object, Ambiguous Time Period, Hypocrite.
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