{"id":7217,"date":"2025-05-14T03:01:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T03:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7217"},"modified":"2025-05-14T03:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T03:01:40","slug":"novocaine-now-streaming-on-paramount-with-81-rotten-tomatoes-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7217","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Novocaine\u2019 now streaming on Paramount+ with 81% Rotten Tomatoes score"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Jack Quaid\u2019s action-thriller Novocaine is now officially streaming on Paramount+, following a successful theatrical run and strong critical reception.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The film, which holds an 81% critic score and an 85% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, was directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen from a script by Lars Jacobson.<\/p>\n<p>Novocaine stars Quaid as Nathan Caine, a mild-mannered bank employee who can\u2019t feel pain due to a rare medical condition. When his co-worker and love interest Sherry (played by Amber Midthunder) is kidnapped during a bank heist, Caine embarks on a relentless, pain-defying mission to rescue her. The cast also includes Ray Nicholson (Smile 2), Jacob Batalon (Spider-Man: No Way Home), and Matt Walsh (Veep).<\/p>\n<p>Originally released on March 14, Novocaine topped the box office during its opening weekend, earning $8.8 million. Despite modest earnings, the film became one of the lowest-grossing No. 1 openers post-2020, ultimately reaching $34.2 million globally against an $18 million budget.<\/p>\n<p>Quaid celebrated the film\u2019s streaming debut with behind-the-scenes photos on Instagram, calling Novocaine \u201ca brutally fun ride\u201d and encouraging fans to tune in on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p>The Boys star continues to have a busy year. His sci-fi film Companion is also a streaming hit on Max, with a 93% critic score. Additionally, Quaid stars in Neighborhood Watch, now available digitally, alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Malin Akerman.<\/p>\n<p>Novocaine adds to Jack Quaid\u2019s growing list of critically praised roles, solidifying his status as one of 2025\u2019s most in-demand action and thriller stars.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Quaid\u2019s action-thriller Novocaine is now officially streaming on Paramount+, following a successful theatrical run and strong critical reception.\u00a0 The film, which holds an 81% critic score and an 85% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, was directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen from a script by Lars Jacobson. Novocaine stars Quaid as Nathan Caine, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}