War Game
Submarine Deluxe | Release Date: August 2, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatPerry NortonAug 7, 2024
This film is a fascinating and dynamic investigation of American politics. It does more with the documentary form than I thought possible. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comNell MinowAug 1, 2024
All of the participants have broad and deep experience, and it's fascinating to see them work through their options. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla DargisAug 1, 2024
The first time I saw War Game, it shook me up; the second time, my visceral response was tempered by a skepticism about power that the movie doesn’t invite. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAug 28, 2024
War Game is one of the more timely and disturbing movies of recent months. Read full review
74
The Daily BeastNick SchagerJan 23, 2024
In raising some of the questions that desperately need to be asked before next January, it serves as an urgent warning. Read full review
70
Rolling StoneDavid FearAug 2, 2024
War Game concentrates a lot on the “how to” part. But it also says a lot about how eerily easy and how horrifyingly relatable the “why” of it all is. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAug 2, 2024
However stilted War Game may feel cinematically, it registers with full force as a realistic depiction of a nightmarish scenario that could easily occur just a few months from now. Read full review
67
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganAug 5, 2024
While the domestic crisis that unfolds is purely hypothetical, the scenarios and potential solutions are supposed to hew closely to what would occur in real life. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanAug 29, 2024
As a simultaneously slick and provocative entertainment, “War Game” is chilling and a tad infuriating, offering a white-knuckle ride — “Civil War” for policy wonks — that may feel a bit too fresh in the memory for viewers who are still traumatized by the real thing. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChris BarsantiJul 30, 2024
By setting up such a potentially cataclysmic scenario and not convincingly illustrating how it could be resolved or stopped from occurring in the first place, War Game undercuts the very reason it was made. Read full review
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