Is 'Mountainhead' on Netflix? Cast, Plot, Review, and Everything to Know

Published 06/01/2025, 2:23 AM EDT

Sometimes a title drops that sounds less like a film and more like a fever dream cooked up in a billionaire’s panic room. Enter Mountainhead, a name whispered in film circles, meme threads, and chaotic group chats with increasing urgency. With its cryptic energy and sharp-tongued satire, the project has climbed its way into the pop culture conversations like a controversy at a tech summit. But before viewers add it to their watchlist, there is one looming question begging for a signal boost.

While buzz builds like a server under strain, the question on everyone’s screen remains...is Mountainhead on Netflix?

Is Mountainhead on Netflix?

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In a world where the Netflix homepage reigns supreme like a digital oracle, Mountainhead has taken the path less streamed. The 2025 satirical dramedy made its exclusive landing on HBO Max on May 31, sidestepping the Netflix empire entirely. Viewers in the UK can find it on Sky Atlantic and NOW, while others must brave the wilds of regional streaming roulette. Since it is not a Netflix original, its odds of joining your Netflix-and-chill roster are slimmer than an honest tech mogul.

While some scroll endlessly for the Netflix logo, others are tuning into a tech-fueled fever dream headlined by comedy royalty and chaos architects in premium streaming armor

Who stars in Mountainhead? A cast of eccentric geniuses and satirical legends

Think of the ensemble as the Avengers of existential angst. Steve Carell anchors the chaos as Randall Garrett, a dying venture capitalist looking to upload his soul like it is an OS update. Jason Schwartzman plays Hugo 'Souper' Van Yalk, a meditation mogul with a billionaire complex. Add Cory Michael Smith as Ven Parish, whose AI app torches society, and Ramy Youssef as Jeff Abredazi, a man stuck between ethics and earnings. Toss in Hadley Robinson and Andy Daly, and you have a party fueled by code, ego, and chaos.

As billionaires rehearse for immortality, the real plotline kicks off in a luxury bunker with world-ending Wi-Fi.

What Is Mountainhead even about? Welcome to apocalypse, but make it designer

The story unfolds in a Utah compound called Mountainhead, where the world's most self-important tech titans hide out while their AI inventions wreak havoc above ground. Their weekend of luxury quickly unravels into a philosophical cage match over morality, power, and reality itself. Imagine if Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Tony Stark hosted a retreat during Black Mirror’s season finale, now add satire that slices sharper than a sushi knife. The result? A cerebral playground of collapse, irony, and hubris.

As the mansion grows colder, the social commentary burns hotter, critics have thoughts, and lots of them.

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How has Mountainhead been received?

Critics have offered a standing ovation, with a few eye rolls. The Rotten Tomatoes score sits proudly at 79%, praised for its scalpel-like wit and timely takedowns of tech arrogance. Metacritic, always the moody cousin, gives it a more hesitant 60/100. Steve Carell and Jason Schwartzman are hailed as the film's beating heart, while others grumble about pacing that sometimes lags like an overloaded server. Still, Mountainhead is being recognized as a bold, if occasionally glitchy, meditation on the absurdity of modern moguls—one that might not live in Netflix’s treasure trove but still feels like a rare streaming gem unearthed from a smarter, sharper algorithm.

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