Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, Domhnall Gleeson, Tiffany Haddish, Margo Martindale, Jeremy Bobb, James Badge Dale, Common |
| Director |
Andrea Berloff |
| Screenplay | Andrea Berloff, from the comics by Ollie Masters, Ming Doyle |
| Music | Bryce Dessner |
| Cinematography | Maryse Alberti |
| Editing | Christopher Tellefsen |
| Made in | 2019 |
| Produced by | BRON Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance, DC Vertigo, Michael De Luca Productions, New Line Cinema |
IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Language | It is frequent, sustained and of strong impact and justified within context, the Mob storyline. |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None (sic) |
| Violence | It is frequent, realistic and glamourised violence with a strong impact. |
| Prejudice | It is frequent and is moderate impact which is justified through the context, dramatic context and time period. |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | Contains scenes with Imitative Acts and Techniques. |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| R: Restricted | Rated R for violence, language throughout and some sexual content |
| Runtime | 102 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
| Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Suggested age limit 16 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
| Violence |
Sex |
Language |
| Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Metacritic.com 40 critics | 7 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 151 critics | 9 |  |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer  With three talented leads struggling to prop up a sagging story, The Kitchen is a jumbled crime thriller in urgent need of some heavy-duty renovation. | 4 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 10 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Sandie Angulo Chen Fabulous cast wasted in disappointing, violent misfire. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 17 users | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 1698 users | 14 |  |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 14 | |
| IMDB 1548 Netizens | 10 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 12 |  |
Average .. 47% | 9 | |