News of the World
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, 87% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- News of the World takes a slow but absorbing ride down a comfortingly familiar Western trail, guided by Tom Hanks in peak paternal mode.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRichard RoeperChicago Sun-Times
A rough-and-tumble Texas road-trip movie finds the right balance of character insight and bare-knuckled action.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChris HewittMinneapolis Star Tribune
It's a sentimental tale, but the quiet simplicity of Greengrass' images helps whenever things threaten to get goopy.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark KennedyAssociated Press
Helena Zengel is a marvel. She can be wild in one scene, defiant later, curious the next and emotionally shut down in another. She speaks volumes even without dialogue.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRichard WhittakerAustin Chronicle
Kidd feels like an ancestor of Saving Private Ryan's Captain Miller - a man who is adept at violence but will only use it as a last, mournful resort.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAmy NicholsonFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Helena Zengel has one of those faces that you can just stare at for the entire film. You can see the intelligence behind her eyes.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRex ReedObserver
Gorgeously shot amid the caramel deserts and peppermint skies of New Mexico, News of the World is a worthy and intelligent footnote to the western genre.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreFilipe FreitasAlways Good Movies
Although occasionally bumpy, it's not my plan to discourage you from watching the film.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreGrant HermannsComingSoon.net
"There are certainly worse Westerns out there to avoid, but there are certainly better ones to visit before turning to News of the World."
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSonny BunchThe Bulwark
I admire Paul Greengrass ... for maintaining his faith in the power of the pen to shape the world in a more pleasing way. I'm not sure I share it any longer.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCory WoodroofNashville Scene
News of the World is 2020's second-best American Western, and a heartening reminder of why we still long for the Western expanse we see in movies.
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