Pontypool
2008
· Movie
· 96 min
C
MEANRANK
64/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3453
- IMDb #3517
- Rotten Tomatoes #2020
- Metacritic #3427
- Letterboxd #2922
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1768
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2771
- Metacritic Critics #3065
- Metacritic Audience #3863
- Criticker #1395
- Kinopoisk #4996
- AlloCiné #4154
- Trakt #3599
Every rating
53–83
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 53, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 83.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A shock jock radio host broadcasting from the basement of a small-town church begins receiving reports of a strange virus spreading through the community. The infection is not spread through blood or air, but through the English language itself. Certain words become infected, turning people into violent, speechless monsters.
Details
- Director
- Bruce McDonald
- Writer
- Tony Burgess
- Based on
- Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess
- Studio
- Ponty Up Pictures, Shadow Shows
- Released
- 6 March 2009
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $32.0K
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Canadian Screen Award 2010 | Best Screenplay | Nominee |
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Canadian Screen Award
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Nominee |