Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- abrasive
- angsty
- sardonic
- teen movie night
- crime mystery marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film generic and incoherent, with the leads’ chemistry providing limited energy amid a muddled coming-of-age crime story.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Addison describes his own bad qualities while navigating grief, school hostility, drug dealing, and the death of a classmate.
The central plot follows high-school senior Addison investigating the killing of his classmate.
Addison collects offensive jokes, insults people, deals drugs, and frames his senior year through his own acknowledged flaws.
The plot combines an unsolved murder in Washington, D.C. with social inequality and a protagonist operating outside respectable school life.
Films like November Criminals, and why
Brick
shares a coming-of-age mystery, adolescent alienation, and an investigation into a classmate’s death
Super Dark Times
shares a teen crime story, outsider protagonist, drug-world encounters, and noir-inflected investigation
The Chumscrubber
shares young adult angst, social inequality, romantic tension, and a crime mystery unfolding among students
Movie Details
- Director
- Sacha Gervasi
- Release Date
- 2017-11-07
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 (693)
Cast
- Ansel Elgort
- Chloë Grace Moretz
- David Strathairn
- Catherine Keener
- Terry Kinney
- Cory Hardrict
- Philip Ettinger
- Danny Flaherty
- Victor Williams
- Opal Alladin
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is November Criminals about?
- An abrasive Washington teenager turns his grief and outsider status into a risky investigation of a classmate’s murder.
- What is November Criminals like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of November Criminals as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is November Criminals violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in November Criminals as mild.
- What did critics think of November Criminals?
- Critics broadly found the film generic and incoherent, with the leads’ chemistry providing limited energy amid a muddled coming-of-age crime story.
- Which films are like November Criminals?
- Films with a similar feel include Brick, Super Dark Times, and The Chumscrubber.
- How long is November Criminals?
- November Criminals runs 86 minutes.
- Where can I watch November Criminals?
- In United States, November Criminals is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand.
