Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- paranoid
- claustrophobic
- tense
- late night suspense
- political thriller night
What critics said
Critics recognized the distinctive screenlife premise and mounting tension but generally found the later plot increasingly implausible.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Amy's investigation unfolds through her desktop, online conversations, and livestream-like digital exchanges.
Amy studies and engages with Islamic State propaganda as recruitment begins to affect her personally.
Amy's daily contact with Abu Bilel increasingly pulls her into the world she is documenting.
The recruiter uses sustained personal Internet contact rather than only public ideological messaging to mobilize women.
Films like Profile, and why
Searching
screen-based suspense, investigative protagonist, and escalating digital paranoia
The Den
journalistic investigation, online deception, and tense procedural thriller structure
The Report
political extremism, undercover investigation, and morally fraught suspense
Unfriended: Dark Web
screenlife form, cyber-mediated danger, and claustrophobic psychological tension
Movie Details
- Director
- Timur Bekmambetov
- Release Date
- 2018-03-11
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (172)
Cast
- Valene Kane
- Shazad Latif
- Christine Adams
- Amir Rahimzadeh
- Morgan Watkins
- Therica Wilson-Read
- Eloise Thomas
- Emma Cater
- Kelley Mack
- Kate Watson
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Peacock Premium, YouTube TV, USA Network, 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 Profile about?
- A British journalist’s undercover digital investigation of an Islamic State recruiter becomes an unnerving test of how far online intimacy can compromise the investigator.
- What is Profile like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Profile as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Profile violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Profile as mild.
- What did critics think of Profile?
- Critics recognized the distinctive screenlife premise and mounting tension but generally found the later plot increasingly implausible.
- Which films are like Profile?
- Films with a similar feel include Searching, The Den, The Report, and Unfriended: Dark Web.
- How long is Profile?
- Profile runs 106 minutes.
- Where can I watch Profile?
- In United States, Profile streams on Peacock Premium, YouTube TV, USA Network, Peacock Premium Plus.
