Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- brooding
- subdued
- paranoid
- late night thriller viewing
- crime movie marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film a competently executed but familiar crime thriller, with plausible performances helping its conventional mystery rise above mediocrity.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Tom Nichols’s investigation moves through real estate, police, and affluent social circles while exposing concealed misconduct beneath ordinary appearances.
The murder case gradually dismantles Tom Nichols’s assumptions about his own life and relationship with Judy.
The film uses a conventional but muted police-investigation approach, with weary characters and tension built through questioning and uncertainty.
The investigation centers on a murdered real estate agent and the seemingly comfortable New England community surrounding the case.
Films like Reptile, and why
Prisoners
shared police investigation, seedy crime atmosphere, moral uncertainty, and a hidden network beneath respectable suburban life
The Little Things
shared neo-noir crime mystery, procedural questioning, bleak tension, and distrust of appearances
Mystic River
shared police drama, murder investigation, domestic unease, and an increasingly corrosive search for truth
Wind River
shared contemporary American crime thriller structure, institutional suspicion, and a detective confronting concealed corruption
Movie Details
- Director
- Grant Singer
- Release Date
- 2023-09-29
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (1293)
Cast
- Benicio del Toro
- Justin Timberlake
- Alicia Silverstone
- Michael Pitt
- Ato Essandoh
- Domenick Lombardozzi
- Matilda Lutz
- Eric Bogosian
- Frances Fisher
- Karl Glusman
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Reptile about?
- A weary New England detective’s murder investigation erodes his faith in the respectable world around him and the life he thought he understood.
- What is Reptile like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Reptile as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Reptile violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Reptile as mild.
- What did critics think of Reptile?
- Critics generally found the film a competently executed but familiar crime thriller, with plausible performances helping its conventional mystery rise above mediocrity.
- Which films are like Reptile?
- Films with a similar feel include Prisoners, The Little Things, Mystic River, and Wind River.
- How long is Reptile?
- Reptile runs 136 minutes.
- Where can I watch Reptile?
- In United States, Reptile streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
