The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Lionsgate | Release Date: April 19, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Arizona RepublicMeredith G. WhiteApr 16, 2024
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is everything you want in a movie: the fight scenes are bloody and exciting, the dialogue is tongue-in-cheek, every joke landed, and not one actor felt out of place. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 18, 2024
Adapted from Damien Lewis’ book “Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of World War II” and featuring stunning visuals from the location shooting in the beautiful city of Antalya, Turkey, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” is a fantastic blending of some basic facts and a whole lot of fictionalization, including shuffling of the timeline. Read full review
70
ColliderMaggie LovittApr 17, 2024
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a wild ride and one of Guy Ritchie’s better recent films even as its characters prove to be rather thin. Read full review
75
Film ThreatAlan NgMay 6, 2024
It’s all about the action. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare may be forgettable in the long run of Guy Ritchie movies, but it’s fun. Read full review
70
IGNMatt DonatoApr 17, 2024
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a solid Guy Ritchie take on World War II that tells an incredible, sort-of-true story that’s plucky, punchy, and quite entertaining. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshApr 18, 2024
There’s a glee in the Nazi killing and an exceptionally dry humor that is English through and through, but Ritchie strikes a tone that rides the line between self-serious and self-consciously humorous. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 16, 2024
The lapses in logic and anachronistic hardware, pistols that never miss and the like might make the historically-minded cringe. But if you like your commando raids bloody and bloody fun (at times), The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare more or less fills the bill. Read full review
75
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiApr 22, 2024
Ritchie is tops when it comes to getting a group of guys (and, occasionally, gal) together to complete a bloody, belligerent task. And this is as taut an ensemble of his as ever. Read full review
75
ObserverEmily ZemlerApr 18, 2024
It’s compelling to see [Ritchie's] take on a World War II movie, despite a few narrative holes, and it’s a good reminder that not all war stories have to be so serious. Read full review
70
Paste MagazineJesse HassengerApr 16, 2024
For Ritchie, though, the stolidness is an experiment and, in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare at least, a reasonably effective one. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 19, 2024
It’s all in good fun, if a little shallow. Read full review
70
Rolling StoneDavid FearApr 18, 2024
A throwback WWII men-on-a-mission adventure marinated in modern bloodlust and movie references, this particularly pulpy take on a Dad Cinema staple couldn’t be more violent and more derivative of past works. It also couldn’t be more of a blast to watch if you enjoy a certain strain of carbon-dated derring-do mixed with cheeky carnage. Read full review
63
The Associated PressJake CoyleApr 18, 2024
Once the film — based on the nonfiction book by Damien Lewis — settles into a seedy, sunny West African setting and the nighttime heist finale, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” proves a spirited, if grossly exaggerated diversion. Read full review
70
The Film VerdictAlonso DuraldeApr 17, 2024
Ministry works best when it chucks history out the window and leans into cinematic silliness. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenApr 18, 2024
It’s an undeniably fun picture but rather too self-impressed. It’s Ritchie at his limited best. Read full review
75
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiApr 16, 2024
It’s a larger than life World War II thriller in the Guy Ritchie house style, and he strikes a fine, fun balance between the threat that the Nazis posed and the thrill of watching hunky heroes slaughter them at great length, then chuckle and smoke cigarettes and call each other 'old boy' about 50 million times. Read full review
63
USA TodayBrian TruittApr 18, 2024
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare does well with its “Superman and Reacher kill Nazis” vibe before overcomplicating the matter. Yet the biggest issue with director Guy Ritchie’s World War II action comedy is it doesn’t know what kind of movie it wants to be. Read full review
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