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The Boys

Created by Eric Kripke · 2019–present ·

Answer Summary: Is The Boys worth watching?

The Boys (2019–present) earns a 85% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended overall. Created by Eric Kripke; stream on Prime Video.

Quick Verdict: What is the Celluloid Score for The Boys?

Calculated from four inputs (Celluloid editorial, Metascore, IMDb and TMDB fan rating). Audience sentiment is shown separately. See how we calculate scores.

85%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Four-input score + separate audience snapshot

93/100Editorial Rating
76%Audience · excluded
76Metascore
8.7IMDb /10
84%Fan Score
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Seasons
5 · 40 episodes
Streaming
Prime Video
Cast
Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty
Country
United States
Language
English

Where to watch The Boys

The Boys is available on Prime Video — regional notes: Prime Video in the United States; Prime Video in the United Kingdom; Prime Video in Indonesia. Catalog platform tag: Prime Video.

Where to watch The Boys by country

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India Prime Video
Indonesia Prime Video
Japan Prime Video
Malaysia Prime Video
Nigeria Prime Video
Pakistan Prime Video
Philippines Prime Video
South Africa Prime Video
South Korea Prime Video
Thailand Prime Video
Turkey Prime Video
United Arab Emirates Prime Video
United Kingdom Prime Video
United States Prime Video

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Is The Boys worth watching?

Yes — The Boys earns a 85% Celluloid Score. Recommended, created by Eric Kripke and streaming on Prime Video.

Celluloid Verdict

Vicious, vulgar and razor-sharp — a superhero satire that kept its teeth for five seasons, with Antony Starr's Homelander among the great TV villains.

Celluloid editorial verdict

What is The Boys about?

In a world where superheroes are corporate products — venal, celebrity-addled and lethally unaccountable — a ragtag crew of vigilantes wages asymmetric war on the god-like Homelander and the conglomerate that owns him, in a gleefully profane satire of power and fandom.

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The Boys Review: Superhero Satire With the Safety Off

Prime Video's The Boys weaponizes the superhero genre against itself, imagining caped icons as brand-managed celebrities and authoritarian monsters — a gleefully grotesque satire anchored by Antony Starr's terrifying Homelander.

Savage, filthy and sharper than it needs to be — a superhero deconstruction with real political teeth, if occasionally in love with its own excess.

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Yes — The Boys scores 83% on Celluloid. Vicious, vulgar and razor-sharp — a superhero satire that kept its teeth for five seasons, with Antony Starr's Homelander among the great TV villains. Stream on Prime Video.