Warfare
A24 | Release Date: April 11, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 43 Critic Reviews
Positive:
35
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
LooperReuben BaronApr 11, 2025
The lack of character development blunts any potential for the deeper emotional impact found in the best war movies. The lack of political contextualization further limits how much the film is really capable of saying. Read full review
60
Little White LiesHannah StrongApr 11, 2025
The filmmaking is raw and tense, with the young cast suitably disappearing into their roles as anonymous SEALs and the filmmakers seeking to get as close to reality as one can get without projecting literal bodycam footage of a war zone onto a cinema screen. Read full review
60
SlateDana StevensApr 11, 2025
I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the screen during Warfare, even if they were sometimes half-covered during those many cutaways to lacerated flesh. But leaving the movie, my main sensation was relief that that brutal viewing experience was over, rather than reflection on the meaning of the Iraq War, on the experience of war itself, or on the success or failure of this particular attempt to represent it. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 28, 2025
It scrapes every last bit of romantic glamour off the image of combat, and I guess you could say that’s an achievement. But it’s an achievement, in this case, that seems to be saluting itself. Read full review
60
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyMar 28, 2025
Warfare’s violence feels unmoored without its context. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 28, 2025
The movie is its own show of force in some ways, surely accurate in showing what the soldiers did, moment by moment, though blandly unaware of a point or a meaning beyond the horror. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 11, 2025
Mendoza’s pitch, to “get it right” and have “real combat vets” have their story told, might be noble in its intention and the tribute (stay through the credits) to their service the film represents. But he and Garland emphasize authenticity over empathy, accuracy over dramatic connection. Read full review
41
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzApr 7, 2025
Alternately tedious, cacophonous and stultifying, the latest show of force from writer-director Alex Garland following last year’s equally frustrating Civil War just might be the most unnecessarily unpleasant cinematic experience you will endure this year. Read full review
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