Overview
A couple's quest for a coffee table spirals into a darkly comedic nightmare as they confront their past and present.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- bleak
- witty
- claustrophobic
- late night horror viewing
- dark comedy double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an exceptionally effective, cruelly funny domestic horror story built on escalating discomfort and tonal audacity.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film places relationship friction, new parenthood, and an appalling household accident within an intentionally witty comic register.
The newly purchased coffee table becomes the central source of dread inside the couple's home.
The linear escalation relies on viewers recognizing the implications of the accident while Jesus and María struggle to manage the situation.
Critical descriptions emphasize the film's combination of bleak cruelty and dark humor, a tonal collision central to its effect.
Films like The Coffee Table, and why
Fargo
shares brutally dark comedy, domestic catastrophe, and escalating emotional discomfort
The Visit
shares claustrophobic domestic horror, family anxiety, and cruel comic tension
Burn After Reading
shares bleakly comic suspense, ordinary people trapped by disastrous choices, and escalating dread
Hereditary
shares transgressive family horror, emotional extremity, and disturbing tonal shifts
Movie Details
- Director
- Caye Casas
- Release Date
- 2023-11-30
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (383)
Cast
- David Pareja
- Estefanía de los Santos
- Josep Maria Riera
- Claudia Riera
- Eduardo Antuña
- Gala Flores
- Cristina Dilla
- Itziar Castro
- Aitana Garcia
- Paco Benjumea
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Brew, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Brew, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, MovieMe
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Brew, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Coffee Table about?
- A new coffee table turns a fragile young family’s domestic life into an unbearable nightmare of darkly comic consequences.
- What is The Coffee Table like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Coffee Table as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Coffee Table violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Coffee Table as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Coffee Table?
- Critics broadly regard the film as an exceptionally effective, cruelly funny domestic horror story built on escalating discomfort and tonal audacity.
- Which films are like The Coffee Table?
- Films with a similar feel include Fargo, The Visit, Burn After Reading, and Hereditary.
- How long is The Coffee Table?
- The Coffee Table runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Coffee Table?
- In United States, The Coffee Table streams on Brew, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV channel.
