June Zero
Cohen Media Group | Release Date: June 28, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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75
Washington PostAmy NicholsonJul 5, 2024
As Paltrow (Gwyneth’s brother), who directed the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Tom Shoval, makes his own case that history is built of small, individual actions that tend to be overlooked, he allows himself a bit of gallows humor. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussJul 2, 2024
Though each of the plotlines in “June Zero” stir up ethical questions, its primary approach is to look at people living their lives while an extraordinary event comes to its climax. That leaves the movie open to multiple, marvelous interpretations, as a decades-later coda suggests history will do anyway. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJun 28, 2024
It's fragmented by nature—a work of impressionistic moments in which intellectual and philosophical ideas are considered, and powerful emotions summoned and then allowed to dissipate. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineGregory NussenJun 25, 2024
June Zero is a tender, if sometimes cynical, portrait of a new country on old land struggling through the growing pains of establishing its presence both to the international community and its own people. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldJun 27, 2024
The shifting story, written by Paltrow and Tom Shoval, complicates the act of commemoration and dwells on the moral quandaries and uncomfortable resonances that result from the events. Read full review
67
IndieWireChristian BlauveltJun 28, 2024
June Zero is a film as a conversation piece. It may not be especially articulate at moments, it may not be as focused as it could be. But some of that is by design: This is a film with questions, not answers. Its tangents are like those of any meaty conversation. And it’s a conversation worth having. Read full review
60
Film ThreatBradley GibsonJun 28, 2024
Overall, June Zero is a worthy film that follows delayed justice coming to a Nazi war criminal, bringing to the surface events of the post-war that aren’t well known. Read full review
60
Screen DailyNikki BaughanJun 3, 2024
This earnest drama wears its politics very much on its sleeve — and makes no apologies for doing so — although its intimate take on an overwhelming moment in history can make for some compelling drama. Read full review
58
The PlaylistMarya E. GatesJun 3, 2024
Although the changes in tone don’t always work, and the third segment towers over the rest of the film, there is something to be said for filmmakers willing to approach history as something malleable. Read full review
50
VarietyJessica KiangJun 3, 2024
Though it occasionally brushes up against intricate ideas about memory and memorialization — who gets to be commemorated, who must not and the genesis of the “never forget” ethos — June Zero itself leaves a quickly fading impression. Read full review
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