Sisu
Lionsgate | Release Date: April 28, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeMay 24, 2023
It’s super fun entertainment, which mostly disguises the fact it’s not going to stick in the mind for long. Read full review
60
Time OutPhil de SemlyenApr 25, 2023
While watching a bunch of Nazis get offed in a variety of grisly ways offers some midnight movie thrills, the stakes only get lower and lower. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 25, 2023
Jalmari Helander’s Sisu is basically what might happen if someone transplanted “Fury Road” into Finland, lost 90 percent of what made that film into an unrepeatable force of nature, and tried to make up the difference by exploding as many Nazis as possible in outrageously violent fashion. Read full review
55
PolygonPete VolkApr 28, 2023
Helander’s camera work and the fight choreography from veteran stuntman Ouli Kitti are surprisingly restrained in an action movie whose creatives were clearly delighted to find as many ways to kill people as possible. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithApr 27, 2023
Villains who aren’t good at their jobs are a bit boring, and despite their menacing regalia these Nazis are effectively lambs to the slaughter. “Sisu” is simply the slaughterhouse Mr. Helander has built around them, with all of the narrative and thematic artistry that implies. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaApr 27, 2023
It may have benefited from a quickened pace, or touches of humor, or heightened stakes because — at least in this film — watching Nazis get theirs is a vein of amusement that runs dry. Read full review
40
The New York TimesCalum MarshApr 27, 2023
For all its gung-ho violence, the film never feels fraught or nasty enough: It never risks true offense or tastelessness, never takes a gamble on anything that could be interpreted the wrong way or that might sidestep expectations. Somehow it makes killing Nazis feel pretty tame. Read full review
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