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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Slant MagazineOleg IvanovSlant MagazineOleg IvanovDirector Sean Ellis's film offers a potent examination of the moral rectitude of resistance.
- 88Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreOne of the best pictures of the year and the best movie of the summer.
- 75The PlaylistThe PlaylistIf Ellis and co-screenwriter Anthony Frewin’s attention to historical detail hinders Anthropoid initially, it breathes life into what turns into an action packed and inherently cinematic second half.
- 70Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterIt is a testimony to the film’s careful construction and honest intentions that you have become so engaged in the fate of the characters.
- 50TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeEllis and editor Richard Mettler craft an agonizing and unforgettable finale; if their sense of pacing had been as sharp throughout, “Anthropoid” might have fulfilled its potential.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijIt’s rather odd that Ellis, who co-wrote the screenplay with former Kubrick assistant Anthony Frewin, can’t come up with anything more action-packed or tension-filled in the first hour than a broken teacup. Valkyrie this is not.
- 50IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichDespite the film’s gripping final chapter, its heroic Czechoslovakian characters are completely disconnected from the rest of the country, much like their struggle has been omitted from the cinematic legacy of the war they helped to win.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThe trouble is that for all the narrative intrigue and excitement such an endeavor might suggest, director Sean Ellis’ less-than-dramatic recreation of this daring act of defiance proves surprisingly stiff...barely redeemed by an even more surprisingly intense finale.
- 50Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlIt's all sickeningly accomplished, with incidents so tense and audacious that you might not have the headspace to wonder until afterwards, "Hey, wait, what was the point in grinding us through so many terrifying minutes of that?"
- 50Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleAs a document of an extraordinary event, Anthropoid does the disservice of rendering this bit of World War II history dull and colorless. I’m sure there’s a History Channel show that tells the tale better.