Tesla

Play trailer

2:12

Tesla

PG-13,

2020,

1h 42m,

Biography/

History/

Drama

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Tesla: Trailer 1

Now Playing

View more videos

Watchlist

58%

186 Reviews

Tomatometer

43%

Fewer than 50 Verified Ratings

Popcornmeter

58%

Tomatometer

186 Reviews

43%

Popcornmeter

Fewer than 50 Verified Ratings

Visionary inventor Nikola Tesla fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy.

Critics Consensus

Appropriately bold and ambitious, Tesla takes a number of risks that don't always pay off -- but Ethan Hawke's performance makes those flaws easier to forgive.

Read Critics Reviews

Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Dec 23, 2022

3.5/4

Almereyda’s wildly creative Nikola Tesla biopic...defies conventions...

Go to Full Review

Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

Sep 25, 2020

3/5

The biopic is an impossible art. You either bore your audience or reduce your subject to a mere collection of ideas and symbols.

Go to Full Review

Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Sep 20, 2020

It won't spark for everyone but I found it intriguing and unexpected.

Go to Full Review

Joshua Arispe

Loud and Clear Reviews

Oct 28, 2024

2.5/5

Tesla contains notable storytelling and performances in its imaginative liberties, but this history lesson still fails at electrifying its audience.

Go to Full Review

Dave Giannini

InSession Film

Feb 20, 2024

C+

So, is Tesla a bad movie? No, you can certainly do worse. Plus, accomplished actors Hawke and MacLachlan carry it across the mediocre finish line. Is it a good movie, though? Definitely not.

Go to Full Review

Bethan Ackerley

New Scientist

Jul 19, 2023

The film rarely finds the will to be interested in the man Tesla actually was. Coupled with its incoherent – if striking – aesthetic, this means Tesla too often feels like an empty frame, or a motor without the power to keep it running.

Go to Full Review

Read all reviews

Jerad

Oct 26, 2020

Esse est reprehenderit doloremque consequuntur magni vel.

Tanya

Oct 26, 2020

Rerum alias tempore.

Favian

Oct 26, 2020

Aut quo nulla earum quibusdam sunt sit et consequatur.

Kirsten

Oct 26, 2020

Sed corrupti pariatur et beatae iste velit tempora aut illum.

Korbin

Oct 26, 2020

Blanditiis voluptas architecto velit recusandae voluptatum praesentium illum id.

Anastacio

Oct 19, 2020

Possimus ipsam adipisci commodi repudiandae qui dignissimos itaque.

Read all reviews

Michael Almereyda

Director

Ethan Hawke

Nikola Tesla

Kyle MacLachlan

Thomas Edison

Eve Hewson

Anne Morgan

Jim Gaffigan

George Westinghouse

Hannah Gross

Mina Edison

Last Days in the Desert

75%

46%

Last Days in the Desert

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Last Days in the Desert

Ma ma

24%

46%

Ma ma

Watchlist

The Lady

38%

62%

The Lady

Watchlist

Jimmy P.

52%

41%

Jimmy P.

Watchlist

Life

63%

45%

Life

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Life

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

The Indie Fresh List: Tesla, Random Acts of Violence, and More

Tesla: Trailer 1

2:12

Now Playing

View more videos

View more photos

Synopsis

Visionary inventor Nikola Tesla fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy.

Director: Michael Almereyda
Producer: Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, Per Melita, Isen Robbins, Uri Singer
Screenwriter: Michael Almereyda
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Passage Pictures, Intrinsic Value Films, Jeff Rice Films, Campbell Grobman Films, RNG Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Some Thematic Material|Nude Images)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 21, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 19, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $93.0K
Runtime: 1h 42m

Join The Newsletter

Join The Newsletter

Cookie Settings