The Senior
Angel Studios | Release Date: September 19, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
1
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comNell MinowSep 19, 2025
Lurie is especially good at the narrative and character elements of the practice and game scenes, using them to move the story forward and build to the kind of resolution we look for in underdog sports stories with compelling emotional stakes. Read full review
75
Film ThreatAlan NgSep 18, 2025
At its heart, The Senior is about forgiveness and second chances. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 19, 2025
It’s basically a soft-hearted paint-by-numbers TV-movie, stocked with homilies about the game of football vs. the game of life. Yet it’s an effective soft-hearted paint-by-numbers TV-movie. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 24, 2025
For an hour or so, director Lurie tackles the tropes lightly as we see lots of football practices, and a few games, and not a lot of anything else. And it plays, helped by the fact that the formidable Masterson doesn’t need a lot of script to get across a flinty “West Texas Gal.” Read full review
30
The New York TimesBrandon YuSep 18, 2025
You can simply surrender yourself to the bland moral lessons of the movie, but even then, it’s hard not to feel like this was best left as a quirky human interest segment on a slow news day. Read full review
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