News of the World

Universal Pictures | Release Date: December 25, 2020

6.8	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 138 Ratings

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NewNewAmsterdamApr 4, 2021

The birth of a new genre ? Woke Westerns ? No that probably started with Kelly Reichardt , but at least hers have some ideas , this Hanks vehicle is just anachronisms , present day popular hipster sentiments about how media should be pure ,The birth of a new genre ? Woke Westerns ? No that probably started with Kelly Reichardt , but at least hers have some ideas , this Hanks vehicle is just anachronisms , present day popular hipster sentiments about how media should be pure , injected into the Wild West. They didn't call it wild because it was woke .. you know?… Expand

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trotty1023Jan 11, 2021

Extremely slow moving movie. Slightly fragmented story line. (Why do 3 bad guys suddenly appear trying to take the girl for illicit purposes). Weird and out of the blue. Basically its a 2 hour movie you can explain in less than 3 minutes.

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PatinlaJan 31, 2021

Do not wast your time watching this movie. Read the book!!! This "Tom Hanks" rescue the world vehicle is terrible. They could have blurred all the faces of every other actor, even Johanna's, in this movie and nothing would have changed inDo not wast your time watching this movie. Read the book!!! This "Tom Hanks" rescue the world vehicle is terrible. They could have blurred all the faces of every other actor, even Johanna's, in this movie and nothing would have changed in this movie. The book was powerful with well developed characters of native American, Afro-American, and European American decent. There was kindness, greatness, loyalty, weariness, strength and evil intent of many characters across all racial lines. The complexities of the native American cultures is completely lacking in the movie is by far the greatest loss.

Paulette Jiles please do not let them use your material again. Terrible adaptation.… Expand

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OlivierPielJan 23, 2021

If we could recycle garbage like Netflix recycles story lines, tropes and characters, global warming would be a thing of the past. This is another total insult to people with average intelligence. 3 examples: 1- Tom Hanks, playing aIf we could recycle garbage like Netflix recycles story lines, tropes and characters, global warming would be a thing of the past. This is another total insult to people with average intelligence. 3 examples: 1- Tom Hanks, playing a ...captain fighting against all odds! All aboard!
2- Bad cowboys, bad cowboys, bad cowboys, mysterious Indians and bad Germans! Has any German been portrayed as a good guy by Hollywood -unless he saves Jews that is-? Has any Native American been portrayed as bad since 1969?
3- Woke culture in god-foresaken Texas in 1870 embodied by "strong woman" character.… Expand

3 of 11 users found this helpful38

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MoviewatchingJan 2, 2021

Didn’t thing it was worth anyone’s time and it’s just so cliche. Why couldn’t this girl work? Was she completely helpless and why?

2 of 12 users found this helpful210

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froglegsApr 6, 2021

Tom Hanks is decent as always, but the writing is so bad it's painful to watch this.

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