Prime Minister
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: June 13, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawDec 2, 2025
The sad thing is that there doesn’t appear to be much space for someone like Ardern in modern politics; less space than ever in fact. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 19, 2025
In the fleet, pacey manner of the editing, toggling between private and public moments with highlight-reel efficiency, the film is a stirring glimpse of top-down kindness as a winning leadership style. Read full review
80
Screen DailyAmber WilkinsonJan 31, 2025
Offering an eye-opening insider perspective that comes as a reminder of what conviction politics looks like when it is maintained even under extreme pressure, as well as being a celebration of feminism, Prime Minister holds appeal for audiences well beyond New Zealand’s shores. Read full review
75
Washington PostTy BurrJun 17, 2025
As sympathetic — and therefore potentially biased — as “Prime Minister” is to its subject, former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, it’s also one of the most arrestingly intimate political documentaries you’ll see. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyJun 13, 2025
In many ways, the documentary is as unprecedented as Ardern’s career. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 12, 2025
Prime Minister is thus an against the grain movie of its moment, out of step politically, and an intimate to the point of myopic doc that zeroes in on the personality it is profiling. Read full review
75
IndieWireHarrison RichlinJan 31, 2025
The documentary acts as an intimate study of what it means to serve others when it seems like the world is falling apart and to be a partner and mother at the same time. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesJan 31, 2025
That interplay between work and life gives the project its distinctive perspective and offers the most acute revelations. The lack of talking heads commenting on her enhances the intimate feel. Read full review
70
VarietySiddhant AdlakhaJan 31, 2025
As a portrait of struggles in the seat of power, the film presses all the right emotional buttons. Read full review
40
The TelegraphKara KennedyDec 12, 2025
It all comes across as one-sided, which makes the whole thing play like a PR video rather than a genuine examination of her premiership. Read full review
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