Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: July 31, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
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Generally favorable reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
Positive:
40
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJul 30, 2015
McQuarrie understands that these films are essentially tall tales with a sense of humor, skating on the edge of parody at all times while maintaining a poker face. Read full review
100
HitfixDrew McWeenyJul 24, 2015
I would argue that this may be the funniest of the films overall, and with Robert Elswit shooting it, it's absolutely gorgeous, with crisp, clean action choreography that you can actually see. Read full review
90
Screen DailyTim GriersonJul 24, 2015
The action scenes are predictably magnificent, and an excellent supporting turn from fetching new cast member Rebecca Ferguson helps make this a sexy, propulsive, top-notch thriller. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyJul 24, 2015
The formula of ingredients is familiar and time-tested, to be sure, but some cocktails go down much better than others and McQuarrie and company have gotten theirs just right here. Read full review
90
VarietyJustin ChangJul 24, 2015
At once questioning and reaffirming the pleasures of cinematic espionage, this is the rare sequel that leaves its franchise feeling not exhausted but surprisingly resurgent at 19 years and counting. Read full review
88
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonJul 30, 2015
Cruise is as watchable as ever, bringing to Hunt a blend of steeliness and vulnerability. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJul 30, 2015
The most assured and satisfying of the five so far. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJul 30, 2015
At times the deception and the intrigue and the twists and turns make it nearly impossible follow every detail of the plot, but even when things get muddled, we know Ethan’s our hero. Read full review
88
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanJul 28, 2015
[I] enjoyed McQuarrie’s ingenuity in construction, smiled occasionally at the jokes and admired Ferguson’s performance as the most interesting femme fatale in the series. Read full review
84
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJul 24, 2015
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation never pretends to be anything but a solidly entertaining collection of fighting, chasing, driving, falling and going-to-the-place-and-getting-the-thing. But at that level, it delivers completely. Choose to accept it. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianMarc MohanJul 31, 2015
Most impressively, "Rogue Nation" keeps the body count minimal. Read full review
83
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallJul 30, 2015
The man is a movie star, underline it twice. Cruise is this young century's personification of what it takes to earn that title, a perfect storm of personality, drive and talent on delivery, incapable of irrelevance. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jul 29, 2015
The M:I films remain blessedly, unfashionably self-contained: They’re stand-alone popcorn entertainments that can be watched in any order, with only the thinnest of connecting continuity between them. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyJul 25, 2015
Rogue Nation may not be the best, the tightest, or even the most logically coherent M:I flick, but there should be more movies like it: relentlessly thrilling, smart entertainments for folks who can’t tell the difference between Quicksilver and The Flash—and aren’t particularly interested in trying to learn the difference either. Read full review
80
SlateDana StevensJul 30, 2015
Perhaps more than any of the M:I directors so far, McQuarrie understands the unique properties of this singular movie star — his ascetic intensity, his sometimes-scary moral certainty, his always-scary drive to excel. The result of their collaboration is a briskly paced and witty reminder of why we go see summer action movies in the first place. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranJul 30, 2015
McQuarrie is adept at keeping things moving and has overseen two areas where "Rogue Nation" stands out from the crowd. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsStephen WhittyJul 29, 2015
The perfect summer action flick. It’s full of attractive people, gorgeous locations, loathsome bad guys and a pounding score that ties it all together. This is what the “Fast and Furious” movies want to be, and the Bond pictures used to. Read full review
80
EmpireIan NathanJul 24, 2015
Easily, almost nonchalantly, best in franchise, Rogue Nation dispenses with the dead weight of realism or relevance for state-of-the-art thrill-making in a classical mould. The series has finally found its voice. Read full review
80
Total FilmJamie GrahamJul 24, 2015
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation might have its hi-tech gadgets, but it's a pleasingly old-fashioned affair. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzAug 2, 2015
Physically ripped, constantly engaged and possessing a quite possibly insane desire to do each and every one of his own stunts, Cruise is the platonic ideal of an action star. And thank god for that. Read full review
75
USA TodayBrian TruittJul 30, 2015
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation doubles as a two-hour celebrity episode of American Ninja Warrior for Tom Cruise. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrJul 30, 2015
Rogue Nation unfolds with fluid, twisty, old-school pleasure — you settle into it like a favorite chair. Read full review
75
Washington PostAnn HornadayJul 30, 2015
The great strength of McQuarrie is that, even when he’s leaning into the laughs, he plays it straight — he doesn’t sacrifice inviolable core values in the name of escapism, whether in the form of smart writing or superb production aesthetics. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 30, 2015
McQuarrie devises a film that’s a succession of riveting sequences, filmed in a way that’s active and yet elegant. The camera keeps moving within shots, but not in a subjective, jittery way, but rather like a third person narrator calmly emphasizing the essential points. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJul 30, 2015
The film offers everything one could ask for from popcorn entertainment. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversJul 29, 2015
McQuarrie — an Oscar winner for his script for 1995's "The Usual Suspects" — has an ace to play. That's the indie sensibility he brings to the usual Hollywood FX. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChristopher GrayJul 28, 2015
It can't resist winking at how this franchise manages to defy the limits of both human endurance and its superstar's rickety public status. Read full review
75
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezJul 24, 2015
Ultimately, as inconsequential as it all is, Rogue Nation is not pretending to be anything it isn’t. And as a sensory escapist experience with laughs, pleasures, and excitement, Rogue Nation will likely be a most satisfying mission audiences choose to accept repeatedly. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnJul 24, 2015
Rogue Nation plays out like a sufficient rejigging of the same variables tossed around many times before, which is just enough to both celebrate the material and demonstrate its limitations. Read full review
70
The New YorkerAnthony LaneAug 3, 2015
Of the many heists and grabs that litter the movie, none is as blatant as the deft, irrepressible manner in which Ferguson, displaying a light smile and a brisk way with a knife, steals the show. Poor Tom Cruise. He can’t even steal a kiss. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'HehirJul 30, 2015
It’s a diverting ride, played out against spectacular locations, that repackages a whole bunch of familiar elements and attitudes: A little latter-day Bond, a little Jason Bourne, a little John le Carré, a little 1950s Hitchcock. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisJul 30, 2015
Sleek and bloated, specific and generic, “Rogue Nation” is pretty much like most of the “Impossible” movies in that it’s an immense machine that Mr. McQuarrie, after tinkering and oiling, has cranked up again and set humming with twists and turns, global trotting and gadgets, a crack supporting cast and a hard-working star. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJul 30, 2015
The best reason to see Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation is Rebecca Ferguson, a Swedish-born actress passing easily as a British spy named Ilsa. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternJul 30, 2015
It’s amazing, and genuinely touching. At the age of 53 Mr. Cruise continues to give his all to these films, and his all in this latest episode is more than enough. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelJul 30, 2015
McQuarrie delivers a tense, eye-popping amusement-park ride that’s almost as exciting as it is forgettable. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonJul 24, 2015
The older Cruise gets, the more he relies on his fists. (And his abs, and his nerves — he'll never let you forget he does his own stunts, and why should he?) His body is the wonder-gizmo, and Christopher McQuarrie, writer and director of the fifth entry, Rogue Nation, keeps the camera on him like a nature show about a hungry lion. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJul 31, 2015
Once you accept the fact that “Rogue Nation” is not going to be the wingding of the franchise, it becomes a lot easier to enjoy. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiJul 29, 2015
Overall, Rogue Nation is a solid, mildly subversive entry into the series that will have you humming Lalo Schifrin’s indelible theme music for the rest of the week, but probably not lingering over the finer points of the plot. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaJul 30, 2015
There's a difference between velocity and momentum, and while the chases, shootouts and close-quarters combat rarely flag, our interest does. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezJul 30, 2015
The movie is better when it’s poking sly fun at Cruise’s superheroic screen persona (look at the expression on his face when Ethan realizes just how big the guy he must fight is) than when it asks you to buy into its far-fetched antics. Read full review
60
The GuardianHenry BarnesJul 24, 2015
A sequel that is slick with silliness, but peppered with enough wit and peril to sustain the franchise’s momentum. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonJul 24, 2015
Rogue Nation is an uneven film. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinJul 24, 2015
Its fuse fizzes dutifully from A to B, but the dynamite never ignites. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithJul 29, 2015
Neither bad enough to be a complete waste of time nor good enough to remember past next Tuesday, the film co-written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie staples together one routine action piece after another with cutesy dialogue and lots of merciless pounding away at iPad screens. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 29, 2015
Jokier and more obviously derivative, Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation is the funniest “MI” picture, and maybe the worst of the series. Read full review
40
CineVueJoe WalshJul 28, 2015
By the third act all the stone-stepping plot points that get us from set-piece A to set-piece B start to wear thin. Read full review
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