What is the Metascore for The Plague?

The Plague has a Metascore of 79 out of 100 on Celluloid.

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Drama Cannes 2025 Editor's Pick

The Plague Review (2025) — 75% Celluloid Score

Item: The Plague
Rating: 5
Author: Kaiser Khan

Directed by Charlie Polinger · 2025 · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

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Answer Summary

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%).

Quick Verdict

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

75%

Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

100% Critic Score

60% Audience

79 Metascore

★★★½☆ Letterboxd 3.5

6.5 IMDb /10

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Runtime: 2h 10m
Cast: Joel Edgerton , Everett Blunck , Kayo Martin , Kenny Rasmussen

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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.

Best for

Viewers who want a well-regarded drama pick
Critics' darlings — stronger with reviewers than general viewers

Not ideal for

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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....