Moulin
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67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
IndieWireDavid KatzMay 19, 2026
The film is simultaneously unadorned and deeply oppressive, staying close to the historical record (while fictionalizing the circumstances of Moulin’s eventual death, or martyrdom) in a fashion that offers little perspective, beyond a humanist call-to-arms and appeal toward remembrance. Read full review
70
Next Best PictureNadia DalimonteMay 21, 2026
As a work of historical fiction, the film strikes a resonant chord. Bleak in its relevance today, it’s an intense watch made compelling by an extraordinary lead performance at the center. Read full review
80
Screen DailyDave CalhounMay 19, 2026
Heroes are often given big speeches and major acts, but heroism is finally defined in Moulin as saying nothing and doing nothing – resisting with the full force of your body and your mind. Read full review
75
The Film StageLuke HicksMay 20, 2026
Nemes’ directorial tendencies are on point, but they aren’t as enigmatic or unforgettable as they’ve been in the past. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 18, 2026
At all events, [Nemes] undoubtedly brings impeccable craftsmanship, and the performances and production design are strong. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterRichard LawsonMay 19, 2026
It’s a handsomely mounted film, full of precise period detail, but is otherwise undistinguished from many solemn, exacting biopics that have come before it. Read full review
25
The PlaylistRafaela Sales RossMay 20, 2026
In disregarding the much more interesting machinations of the Resistance in favor of shrouding his protagonist in a thin cloak of importance, Nemes’ pompous drama ultimately loses sight of both the audience and its thesis, all while patting itself on its self-aggrandizing back. Read full review
100
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMay 19, 2026
As always in Nemes’s films, the period detail is so enveloping it feels utterly natural. But his great gift as a director is his facility for portraying 20th-century European history as a great grinding machine, into the blood-stained cogs of which anyone might have found themselves dragged. Read full review
78
TheWrapBen CrollMay 19, 2026
As that battle settles into stalemate, “Moulin” maintains a somber keel, never curdling into bleakness or hagiography. With escape and release dim prospects, the film plays as a controlled study in self-control — unpacking a form of resistance divorced from action and a kind of fatalism born of genuine hope. Read full review
80
Time OutPhil de SemlyenMay 21, 2026
Director László Nemes (Son of Saul) returns to World War II to force two real-life foes – French Resistance chief Jean Moulin and Nazi interrogator Klaus Barbie – into a grim dance macabre in this elegant and viscerally intense wartime thriller. Read full review
50
VarietySiddhant AdlakhaMay 19, 2026
It’s a gorgeous-looking film, but one that doesn’t go anywhere anytime soon, given the linearity and literal nature of its approach to human anguish. At over two hours in length, its points are made with clarity before being repeated ad nauseam. Read full review
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