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Spontaneous
2020
· Movie
· 102 min
C
MEANRANK
67/100
Every rating
48–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 48, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 87, everyone else 62.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A senior year of high school takes a horrifying turn when students in their class begin spontaneously combusting, without warning or reason. Amid the terror and government quarantine, a sharp-witted girl finds a reason to live when she falls in love with a classmates. Their romance blossoms in the shadow of imminent, unpredictable death.
Details
- Director
- Brian Duffield
- Writer
- Brian Duffield
- Based on
- Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer
- Studio
- Awesomeness Films, Jurassic Party
- Released
- 2 October 2020
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- R
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