Last Flag Flying
Amazon Studios | Release Date: November 3, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 45 Critic Reviews
Positive:
29
Mixed:
15
Negative:
1
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60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinJan 26, 2018
For all its seeming modesty, this is a mature, contemplative and mostly rewarding experiment: no awards-season bruiser, but a worthwhile B-side for Ashby’s venerable American classic. Read full review
60
Village VoiceBilge EbiriNov 1, 2017
It’s somber and respectful, and even has a couple of genuinely powerful moments, but none of that’s enough to transcend its oppressive dreariness. Read full review
60
We Got This CoveredLauren Humphries-BrooksSep 28, 2017
Four powerhouse performances cannot quite make Richard Linklater's occasionally moving dramedy, Last Flag Flying, into more than a minor war movie. Read full review
58
The Film StageKyle PletcherSep 28, 2017
When playing into Linklater’s significant strengths as a director of actors, the film is able to entertain and evoke sincere feelings from its audience. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 10, 2017
Linklater is still able to move us, even after he’s bored us half out of the movie with his long set-up, even after Cranston has sucked all the oxygen out of the picture with his hernia-inducing twinkle, even after we’ve given up on Last Flag Flying as too damned cute for its own good. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNov 8, 2017
Linklater never finds a way to sustain a drama from these characters and their situation. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedNov 7, 2017
The best thing about Last Flag Flying is that Ethan Hawke is not in it. Otherwise, it’s business as usual, and the business is excruciating to get through. Read full review
50
ConsequenceMichael RoffmanNov 2, 2017
It’s a treacly slog that’s regretfully forgettable. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony LaneOct 30, 2017
Cranston, in Last Flag Flying, seeks out the same terrain, but his crudeness is more of a crotchety act, and the journey concludes on a glum conservative note. Some stories need not be told again. ♦ Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneySep 28, 2017
Despite poignant moments, particularly in the performances of Steve Carell and Laurence Fishburne, the weave of somber introspection, rueful reminiscence, irreverent comedy and sociopolitical commentary feels effortful, placing the movie among the less memorable entries in Linklater's canon. Read full review
50
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 28, 2017
The central reason that Last Flag Flying fails to take wing is that its characters don’t ring true. Not really. You never feel, in your bones, that you’re watching battle-scarred veterans. Read full review
50
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanSep 28, 2017
There are plenty of truths to be found in Last Flag Flying, and a great deal of sincerity as well. But regrettably, there is not much in the way of understatement. Read full review
45
The AtlanticDavid SimsNov 20, 2017
The film feels half-formed, sometimes trying to be raucously confrontational, other times excessively sedate. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawJan 26, 2018
What a bland and sugary texture there is to this very conservative, undemanding oldster roadtrip. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeSep 28, 2017
We don’t fully buy into the connection between these men and as a result, we care little about what happens to them. Nothing here feels lived in or real, it’s mere construct. Read full review
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