Overview
A family reunion spirals into chaos as dark secrets emerge, threatening to unravel everything.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- foreboding
- melancholic
- serious movie night
- international cinema evening
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the outstanding ensemble cast and polished craftsmanship while finding the melodramatic thriller less compelling than Asghar Farhadi’s strongest work.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The kidnapping and ransom demand force Laura, Paco, Alejandro, and their extended family to confront old secrets and unresolved loyalties.
The wedding gathering outside Madrid turns into a collective crisis as hidden histories surface among relatives and former lovers.
Laura’s return with her children and the kidnapping place family bonds, marriages, and past attachments under extreme strain.
The sister’s wedding begins as a communal celebration before unexpected events transform the same gathering into an atmosphere of fear and suspicion.
Films like Everybody Knows, and why
The Secret in Their Eyes
shared family secrets, kidnapping mystery, moral pressure, and tense domestic drama
A Separation
shared psychological thriller structure in which a crime exposes buried relationships and social tensions
The Celebration
shared wedding setting, fractured family dynamics, escalating secrets, and emotionally restrained suspense
The Invisible Guest
shared rural-community mystery, interpersonal suspicion, and a crime that destabilizes intimate relationships
Movie Details
- Director
- Asghar Farhadi
- Release Date
- 2018-05-09
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (1060)
Cast
- Penélope Cruz
- Javier Bardem
- Ricardo Darín
- Eduard Fernández
- Bárbara Lennie
- Inma Cuesta
- Elvira Mínguez
- Ramón Barea
- Carla Campra
- Sara Sálamo
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- 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 Everybody Knows about?
- A homecoming wedding near Madrid becomes a pressure cooker of kidnapping, buried family secrets, and unresolved loyalties.
- What is Everybody Knows like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Everybody Knows as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Everybody Knows violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Everybody Knows as mild.
- What did critics think of Everybody Knows?
- Critics broadly praised the outstanding ensemble cast and polished craftsmanship while finding the melodramatic thriller less compelling than Asghar Farhadi’s strongest work.
- Which films are like Everybody Knows?
- Films with a similar feel include The Secret in Their Eyes, A Separation, The Celebration, and The Invisible Guest.
- How long is Everybody Knows?
- Everybody Knows runs 132 minutes.
- Where can I watch Everybody Knows?
- In United States, Everybody Knows streams on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus.
