What is Novocaine about?
When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.
An everyman's inability to feel pain becomes his greatest weapon in a darkly comic, briskly-paced thriller.
Pulpy and suspenseful, with dark satire. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+ and MGM+.
Novocaine parents guide
What we could confirm fits an R: strong violence and some strong language.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- Not rated yet
- We were not sure enough to call this one.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Not rated yet
- We were not sure enough to call this one.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- Is Novocaine scary?
- Only a little. Novocaine has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Novocaine?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Novocaine rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Rated R, and it earns it: strong violence and some strong language. Not one for kids.
Cast and crew
Directed byDan Berk, Robert Olsen
StarringJack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Betty Gabriel, Matt Walsh, Jacob Batalon
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