The Plague Review (2025) — 75% Celluloid Score
Directed by Charlie Polinger · 2025 ·
The Plague (2025) earns a 75% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics (100%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (60%).
Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.
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IFC Films Why this score?
- Strong critic approval (100% positive).
- General viewers mostly liked it (60%).
- Metascore is generally favorable (79/100).
- Celluloid Score 75% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.
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- Viewers who want a well-regarded drama pick
- Critics' darlings — stronger with reviewers than general viewers
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Is The Plague worth watching?
Yes — The Plague earns a 75% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Critics Consensus
Charlie Polinger turns a boys' summer swim camp into a pressure cooker of cruelty and shame, using queasy, chlorine-soaked atmosphere to transform ordinary preteen social panic into something genuinely nightmarish.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
Critics (100%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (60%).
What is The Plague about?
In the summer of 2003, at an all-boys summer water polo camp, socially anxious twelve-year-old Ben struggles to fit in amidst a ruthless social hierarchy....
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