The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
Critics Score
🎬 74%
(RT: 83%, MC: 65) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Steve Terada as Thomas
David Zellner as Henry
Phillip Andre Botello as Kennith
Jason Burkey as Alex
Mike Brooks as Steve
Is The Art of Self-Defense good?
It's divisive. Only 54% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 74%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it. Wikipedia ↗
