The Oath
2018 · Movie · R · 93 min · ★ 5.6 · 60% critics
During a tense Thanksgiving in a sharply divided America, a politically outspoken man tries to keep family conflict from boiling over. When pressure builds around a controversial loyalty pledge, the holiday turns into a darkly comic test of nerves, beliefs, and family bonds.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-10-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 60/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (106 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like dark comedies that mix family dysfunction with political tension and uncomfortable laughs; Not for you if heated arguments, bleak humor, or abrupt tonal turns sound exhausting.
Pros: sharp dark humor; tense family chaos; timely political satire | Cons: uneven tone shifts; divisive subject matter; lead may annoy
Themes
- politics
- holiday
- loyalty
- thanksgiving
- interracial marriage
- family
- race
- black friday
Cast & crew
Ike Barinholtz
as Chris
Tiffany Haddish
as Kai
Billy Magnussen
as Mason
John Cho
as Peter
Carrie Brownstein
as Alice
Jon Barinholtz
as Pat
Meredith Hagner
as Abbie
Chris Ellis
as Hank
Nora Dunn
as Eleanor
Priah Ferguson
as Hardy
Directed by Ike Barinholtz