Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- claustrophobic
- urgent
- winter thriller night
- stormy evening
What critics said
Critics broadly viewed the film as a competent, tense Norwegian disaster thriller whose contained premise delivers effective suspense despite familiar genre conventions.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The central crisis unfolds inside a tunnel filled with hazardous smoke, limiting escape routes and concentrating suspense.
Firefighter Stein disobeys his superiors after learning that his daughter Elise is among those trapped.
The initiating event is a truck crash, gas explosion, smoke-filled tunnel, and emergency response rather than an extraordinary or supernatural threat.
The tunnel functions simultaneously as a transport route, shelter, and lethal enclosure after the crash.
Films like The Tunnel, and why
The Wave
contained disaster thriller centered on civilians trapped in a hazardous infrastructure failure
The Quake
Norwegian disaster cinema combining grounded emergency response with family-centered suspense
Daylight
claustrophobic survival thriller involving an enclosed environment, escalating peril, and rescue pressure
Movie Details
- Director
- Pål Øie
- Release Date
- 2019-12-25
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (341)
Cast
- Thorbjørn Harr
- Ylva Fuglerud
- Mikkel Bratt Silset
- Lisa Carlehed
- Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes
- Per Egil Aske
- Peter Førde
- Daniel Alexander Skadal
- Silje Breivik
- Jan Gunnar Røise
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- 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 The Tunnel about?
- When a Christmas traffic disaster traps families in a smoke-filled Norwegian tunnel, a firefighter risks everything to reach his stranded daughter.
- What is The Tunnel like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Tunnel as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Tunnel violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Tunnel as mild.
- What did critics think of The Tunnel?
- Critics broadly viewed the film as a competent, tense Norwegian disaster thriller whose contained premise delivers effective suspense despite familiar genre conventions.
- Which films are like The Tunnel?
- Films with a similar feel include The Wave, The Quake, and Daylight.
- How long is The Tunnel?
- The Tunnel runs 103 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Tunnel?
- In United States, The Tunnel streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
