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Critics Keep Throwing Around The Word 'Masterpiece' After Seeing Alex Garland's 'Civil War'

Critics Keep Throwing Around The Word 'Masterpiece' After Seeing Alex Garland's 'Civil War'
The early screening of the upcoming war film at South by Southwest left a majority of the audience reeling, and it's touted as the next great war film everyone needs to see.
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After working on several sci-fi and horror projects, Alex Garland, the English writer and director, is back in theaters with a movie about war. Not just any war. A civil war dubbed as the second American Civil War, as parts of the US secede from the Union. The film had its world premiere at SXSW this week, and the people lucky enough to see it came away with (mostly) nothing but glowing things to say.



Kirsten Dunst and her husband Jesse Plemons star, alongside Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno and Nick Offerman — who appears as America's President. The movie is out on April 12, 2024, and you might want to buy your tickets early.


The Good

A large potion of the early reviews use the same handful of words — "epic," "masterpiece," "gripping" and "engrossing." People were really blown away by this one, and while they limit their talk about the plot or specific moments, the mixture of battle sequences alongside a smart script and elegant direction has everyone hyped for a movie that set the tone with killer teasers.



The Bad

There was less disagreement than praise, but at least there was some disappointment to begin with. Did the movie just scratch the surface of what could've been a really good story? Rolling Stone's David Fear thought so, and wrote: "Civil War offers a lot of food for thought on the surface, yet you’re never quite sure what you’re tasting or why, exactly."



The Ugly

A couple of reviews were really critical of the film, and one critic didn't shy away from calling the film "a generic America makes this strangely apolitical film feel ungrounded."



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