Boots
Netflix | Release Date: October 9, 2025
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydOct 9, 2025
Season 1 Review: There’s a timely element to this perfectly decent, good-hearted, unsurprisingly sentimental miniseries. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Jackson McHenryOct 17, 2025
Season 1 Review: Cope is so naïve and the show is so unwilling to build toward a larger critique that Boots comes off as propaganda. Read full review
40
RogerEbert.comNandini BalialOct 9, 2025
Season 1 Review: There is an overriding chipper tone to the writing thanks to Lear’s momentous sitcom background, which doesn’t fit the subject. .... An oversimplification of what military life was and is actually like for queer service members, despite the creators’ best intentions. Read full review
40
The Daily BeastAbby MonteilOct 9, 2025
Season 1 Review: Boots—which was inspired by gay veteran Greg Cope White’s 2016 memoir The Pink Marine—struggles to live up to the “comedy” side of its dramedy title, creating a milquetoast coming-of-age story whose ultimate veneration of military life comes off queasy in 2025. Read full review
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