Regular (free) Hulu has commercials, usually timed to the commercial breaks in TV shows. They used to be quite short and they are still shorter interruptions than on TV, but it does get tedious. There is a little timer in the corner that tells you how many commercials you will be watching and how long they will last.
Hulu Plus apparently also has commercials, but the website says: Features limited advertising. Many movies have no commercial interruption** ** Hulu Plus is ad-supported to keep the price low, given the high licensing costs of current season TV episodes I would bet that Criterion made the deal that the ads had to be kept to the beginning on their films, but I certainly don't know for sure. Netflix does not have any ads when you watch a streaming film. Judy
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