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Movie ID: 757
RT slug: news_of_the_world
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/news_of_the_world
Release year: 2020
Runtime: 118 mins
Wide release date: 2020-12-25
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: —
Tomatometer final: 88%
Audience score final: —
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Western
Directors: Paul Greengrass
Writers: Luke Davies, Paul Greengrass
Producers: Gail Mutrux, Gary Goetzman, Gregory Goodman
MPAA rating: PG-13
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-06-15 15:02:04
Updated: 2026-06-15 15:02:04
A Civil War veteran who travels from town to town reading the news agrees to return a young girl, taken years earlier by the Kiowa people, to her surviving relatives.
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Canonical reviews: 270
Canonical fresh: 238
Canonical rotten: 32
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 88%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-06-15 14:07:55
Snapshot Tomatometer: 88%
Snapshot review count: 270
Snapshot fresh count: 238
Snapshot rotten count: 32
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #1317 (full_snapshot)
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| Playtone | production |
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| 1 | Tom Hanks | Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd |
| 2 | Helena Zengel | Johanna Leonberger |
| 3 | Mare Winningham | Doris Boudlin |
| 4 | Michael Angelo Covino | Almay |
| 5 | Ray McKinnon | Simon Boudlin |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172085 | Geoffrey Macnab | iNews.co.uk | Fresh | 4/5 | 2025-01-16T21:54:00Z | 2025-01-16 21:54:00 | Humour is in short supply but this is still a handsome and moving affair which shows that the wagon trail hasn’t run dead quite yet. |
| 172086 | Joonatan Itkonen | Region Free | Fresh | 4/5 | 2024-07-13T09:55:46Z | 2024-07-13 09:55:46 | At an unnatural time, NEWS OF THE WORLD feels like the perfect communal experience, even when shared at a distance. |
| 172087 | Christopher Connor | FILMHOUNDS Magazine | Fresh | 4/5 | 2023-07-19T21:07:36Z | 2023-07-19 21:07:36 | News Of The World doesn't do anything radically different than what we might come to expect from the Western but it is a well-directed, gorgeously shot film that gets the best out of its two stars at polar opposite stages in their careers. |
| 172088 | Erick Estrada | Cinegarage | Fresh | — | 2022-10-11T19:14:08Z | 2022-10-11 19:14:08 | Shows the ingredients of a country at birth, against the backdrop of a newspaper mural that reports sins that are still happening in the second decade of the twentieth century, and this gives the film a spectacular pertinency. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 172089 | M.N. Miller | Ready Steady Cut | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2022-09-09T07:21:07Z | 2022-09-09 07:21:07 | News of the World, while mildly entertaining, needed a bit more grit and less preaching. |
| 172090 | Zoë Rose Bryant | Loud and Clear Reviews | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-09-01T02:51:53Z | 2022-09-01 02:51:53 | News of the World is a leisurely lark that showcases sturdy studio filmmaking, with a pair of powerful performances from Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel. |
| 172091 | Keith Garlington | Keith & the Movies | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2022-08-24T16:37:21Z | 2022-08-24 16:37:21 | “News of the World” simmers with current day relevancy, but it very much looks and feels like a classic Hollywood Western... |
| 172092 | Cris Kennedy | The Canberra Times (Australia) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-08-12T21:30:47Z | 2022-08-12 21:30:47 | For the 1870s setting, the film is thoroughly modern. |
| 172093 | Victoria Luxford | City AM | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-03-01T18:13:40Z | 2022-03-01 18:13:40 | News Of The World is a quietly intriguing film, told at a gentle pace. |
| 172094 | Brian Eggert | Deep Focus Review | Fresh | 3/4 | 2022-02-17T03:40:30Z | 2022-02-17 03:40:30 | News of the World is so straightforward that it could have been made by anyone, which is to say the craft is mostly invisible. |
| 172095 | Gianmarco Farfán | Cinencuentro | Fresh | — | 2021-11-04T22:01:03Z | 2021-11-04 22:01:03 | Helena Zengel is an actress with a great future. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 172096 | Witney Seibold | Critically Acclaimed Podcast | Fresh | — | 2021-09-13T20:20:54Z | 2021-09-13 20:20:54 | A frontier picaresque with gorgeous photography, two excellent lead performances, and a not-so-subtle jab at modern media manipulation. |
| 172097 | Robin Holabird | KUNR (Reno, NV) | Fresh | — | 2021-07-16T19:11:02Z | 2021-07-16 19:11:02 | The reteaming once again works to create a satisfying movie that urges audiences to look beyond expected frailties and find reward in possibilities. |
| 172098 | Matthew Jackson | The Huntsville Item (TX) | Fresh | — | 2021-06-29T01:01:44Z | 2021-06-29 01:01:44 | News of the World is a triumph, and a reminder that Tom Hanks still has so much greatness left to give us. |
| 172099 | Susan Kamyab | This Chix Flix | Fresh | B+ | 2021-06-22T06:11:26Z | 2021-06-22 06:11:26 | "News of the World" is an unconventional western. But regardless of your genre preference, Hanks and Zengel will win you over. |
| 172100 | Mel Valentin | That Shelf | Fresh | — | 2021-06-08T17:20:14Z | 2021-06-08 17:20:14 | While News of the World undoubtedly fails in some respects, it also succeeds in delivering the cathartic, contradictory pleasures of traditional, old-school Western, albeit with a modern, self-aware spin ... |
| 172101 | Daniel Gorman | In Review Online | Rotten | — | 2021-06-05T20:00:29Z | 2021-06-05 20:00:29 | Coming at the end of a tumultuous 2020, it's never been clearer how dangerously naïve such generic 'hope and change' messaging actually is. |
| 172102 | Yasser Medina | Cinefilia | Rotten | 5/10 | 2021-05-12T00:00:10Z | 2021-05-12 00:00:10 | A western drama that, in my opinion, is tepid and somewhat irregular when it presents the journey of a character who follows to the letter the stereotype of the upright and honest cowboy. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 172103 | Kevin Carr | Fat Guys at the Movies | Fresh | 4/4 | 2021-04-10T00:10:36Z | 2021-04-10 00:10:36 | It's a classic western, but an anti-western... It's beautifully done. |
| 172104 | Matthew Bond | The Mail on Sunday (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-04-02T21:00:31Z | 2021-04-02 21:00:31 | Hanks is as watchable as ever and Helena Zengel terrific as the girl. Highly recommended. |
| 172105 | Karren LaLonde Alenier | culturevulture.net | Fresh | — | 2021-03-26T19:20:40Z | 2021-03-26 19:20:40 | While Hanks is our hero, Helena Zengel steals the spotlight. This thirteen-year-old German actress shines in this role. |
| 172106 | Allison Rose | FlickDirect | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2021-03-25T17:40:37Z | 2021-03-25 17:40:37 | Hanks is great, Zengel is a revelation and Greengrass provides incredible vistas and a heartwarming story. |
| 172107 | David Bax | Battleship Pretension | Fresh | — | 2021-03-23T23:40:20Z | 2021-03-23 23:40:20 | News of the World survives its own shortcomings by reminding us that that it's only one of countless similarly tiny but important parts of the solution. |
| 172108 | Lynden Barber | Limelight | Fresh | — | 2021-03-19T02:21:03Z | 2021-03-19 02:21:03 | Because he so often doesn't appear to be acting, in my book, a compliment, many overlook just how varied Hanks's roles can be and how accomplished he is as a performer... |
| 172109 | Mary Ann Brussat | Spirituality & Practice | Fresh | 5/5 | 2021-03-08T01:50:07Z | 2021-03-08 01:50:07 | Western about the healing power of storytelling and kindness as a spiritual practice. |
| 172110 | Fausto Ponce | Alta Fidelidad Magazine | Fresh | — | 2021-03-02T23:10:22Z | 2021-03-02 23:10:22 | A good film, albeit a little predictable. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 172111 | Carlos F. Heredero | Caimán Cuadernos de Cine | Rotten | — | 2021-03-02T19:30:34Z | 2021-03-02 19:30:34 | Both the script and the staging end up yielding - in a complacent way - to a consoling denouement. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 172112 | José Amador Pérez Andújar | El antepenúltimo mohicano | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-03-02T19:20:33Z | 2021-03-02 19:20:33 | We may not be far from Delphi, or the temple of Apollo in whose pronaos "know thyself" is written, that News from the Great World wonderfully represents. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 172113 | Hannah Brown | Jerusalem Post | Fresh | — | 2021-02-27T01:50:54Z | 2021-02-27 01:50:54 | The scenes of post-Civil War America are interesting, as is the whole concept of a man who supports himself through the public's eagerness to hear stories from around the world. Hanks is as likable as he has ever been. |
| 172114 | Linda Marric | The Jewish Chronicle | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-20T13:10:05Z | 2021-02-20 13:10:05 | A beautifully crafted, no frills adventure which often feels like an homage to Westerns of yore. |
| 172115 | Erlingur Einarsson | Total Film | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-02-19T11:50:10Z | 2021-02-19 11:50:10 | The heartfelt conclusion is... undermined by a simplistic build-up, albeit not enough to diminish the fine lead performances. |
| 172116 | Matt Neal | ABC Radio (Australia) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-02-19T09:20:15Z | 2021-02-19 09:20:15 | A high-quality time-filler that might not stick in the memory like their previous collab Captain Phillips, but it's a fine piece of work. |
| 172117 | Sarah Ward | Concrete Playground | Fresh | — | 2021-02-19T04:50:21Z | 2021-02-19 04:50:21 | As perfectly cast and reliably great as Hanks is here, in the latest role that's likely to see awards nominations come his way, the empathetic and absorbing movie he's in meets him at every turn. |
| 172118 | Eric Marchen | Rogers TV | Fresh | B+ | 2021-02-17T16:40:25Z | 2021-02-17 16:40:25 | News of the World travels slowly but it gets to where it needs to go in the wild west. |
| 172119 | Cameron Williams | The Popcorn Junkie | Fresh | — | 2021-02-15T03:20:14Z | 2021-02-15 03:20:14 | Tom Hanks puts the 'man' in 'anchorman' in this thoughtful western. |
| 172120 | Mark Meszoros | The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2021-02-14T16:10:19Z | 2021-02-14 16:10:19 | The movie benefits from having Greengrass at the helm. The director of films including the second two Bourne adventures, the excellent United 93 and 2013's Captain Phillips, which also starred Hanks, has a skilled storytelling hand. |
| 172121 | Mark Kermode | Observer (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-14T14:30:06Z | 2021-02-14 14:30:06 | I found this a rewarding and entertaining drama, heavy with the weight of the past, yet buoyed up by the possibilities of the future. |
| 172122 | Sarah Cartland | Caution Spoilers | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-13T20:10:13Z | 2021-02-13 20:10:13 | A stunning, rhythmic drama about what makes a home, a family and a country, set on a vast canvas that is anything but sprawling. |
| 172123 | Rory Steabler | One Room With A View | Rotten | — | 2021-02-12T22:30:47Z | 2021-02-12 22:30:47 | The shallowness of the film's politics is mirrored in its road-movie structure, which fails to include either the exciting episodes or compelling protagonists of a good picaresque. |
| 172124 | Clarisse Loughrey | Independent (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-02-12T21:00:36Z | 2021-02-12 21:00:36 | Their journey packs in all the usual thrills of the genre - the shootouts and the ravenous jaws of nature - though Greengrass doesn't approach the material with the kineticism of Captain Phillips (also starring Hanks) or the Bourne films. |
| 172125 | Víctor López G. | Espinof | Fresh | 8/10 | 2021-02-12T11:10:08Z | 2021-02-12 11:10:08 | Splendid, deep, eventually violent and issuer of a powerful thesis that doesn't understand about eras. |
| 172126 | Eddie Harrison | film-authority.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-12T09:20:22Z | 2021-02-12 09:20:22 | ...a well-upholstered, engrossing Western in the old style... |
| 172127 | Linda Cook | OurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois) | Fresh | 4/4 | 2021-02-12T06:00:31Z | 2021-02-12 06:00:31 | 'News of the World' is Hanks' finest. |
| 172128 | Terry Staunton | Radio Times | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-11T20:20:20Z | 2021-02-11 20:20:20 | Hanks delivers a reserved, thoughtful performance, bringing the expected heft to a role tailor-made for him, yet it's the ethereal, wide-eyed Zengel who proves most striking. |
| 172129 | Alan Corr | RTÉ (Ireland) | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2021-02-11T01:50:32Z | 2021-02-11 01:50:32 | By the standards of the modern western, News of The World just doesn't grab the headlines. |
| 172130 | Larushka Ivan-Zadeh | Metro Newspaper (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-02-11T01:10:29Z | 2021-02-11 01:10:29 | It's all solid, well-turned stuff and, of course, you know you're in safe hands with Hanks, whose acting is so effortlessly good that you're in danger of not fully appreciating i |
| 172131 | Ryan Gilbey | New Statesman | Fresh | — | 2021-02-10T21:10:46Z | 2021-02-10 21:10:46 | News of the World has many of these wise, unforced moments on its way to a final scene in which the on-screen audience applauds wildly. My sentiments exactly. |
| 172132 | Pablo O. Scholz | Clarín | Fresh | — | 2021-02-10T19:00:18Z | 2021-02-10 19:00:18 | It's not difficult to understand what convinced Hanks to agree to act in this western. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 172133 | Alex Flood | NME (New Musical Express) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-10T17:40:12Z | 2021-02-10 17:40:12 | Not as scandalous as its tabloid namesake - but far more worthy of your time |
| 172134 | Ricardo Gallegos | La Estatuilla | Fresh | — | 2021-02-10T14:00:18Z | 2021-02-10 14:00:18 | A conventional, heartwarming film with great production values, and a solid performance by Tom Hanks [Full review in Spanish] |
| 172135 | Donald Clarke | Irish Times | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-10T13:10:13Z | 2021-02-10 13:10:13 | Greengrass's charming western would form the ideal centrepiece for a festival that showcased directors working hard to be something other than what we expect them to be. |
| 172136 | Rohan Naahar | Hindustan Times | Fresh | — | 2021-02-10T13:00:09Z | 2021-02-10 13:00:09 | News of the World is many things - a character study about a guilt-ridden man, a fable about fatherhood, a call-to-arms against right-wing propaganda - but I didn't expect it to also be an origin story for prime time news anchors. |
| 172137 | Ian Sandwell | Digital Spy | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-10T12:20:11Z | 2021-02-10 12:20:11 | Fans of Tom Hanks, especially, will be in their element and might even be calling for a sequel where he literally just reads the news. We'd watch it. |
| 172138 | Nicola Austin | We Have a Hulk | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-09T20:00:23Z | 2021-02-09 20:00:23 | With a heartfelt tale of redemption and acceptance, paired with a breakout performance from Helena Zengel, News of the World is a familiar but sincere Western. |
| 172139 | James Croot | The Post NZ | Fresh | — | 2021-02-09T19:50:20Z | 2021-02-09 19:50:20 | At the movie's heart though are simply two terrific performances. Zengel is a revelation as the young double-orphan, conveying so much with few words, while Hanks, in his first Western, is as reliable as ever. |
| 172140 | Danny Leigh | Financial Times | Fresh | 5/5 | 2021-02-09T18:32:49Z | 2021-02-09 18:32:49 | If everything in sight doubles as a metaphor, the story plays as pure human drama. And when the action cranks, this famously gifted director of mayhem slips into gear - with a twist. |
| 172141 | Andrew Murray | The Upcoming | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-09T18:31:51Z | 2021-02-09 18:31:51 | Guided by endearing performances from Hanks and Zengel, News of the World is a vast and ambitious genre piece. Its only downfall is that the road the pair travel doesn't really lead to anywhere. |
| 172142 | Emma Simmonds | The List | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-02-08T11:30:11Z | 2021-02-08 11:30:11 | News of the World is unashamedly old-fashioned and although it doesn't quite have the sweep, punch or character to cut it, tonally and thematically it feels very akin to classic westerns. |
| 172143 | Tom Shone | Sunday Times (UK) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2021-02-08T05:30:14Z | 2021-02-08 05:30:14 | The film, which is superb, reunites Hanks with his Captain Phillips director, Paul Greengrass, and the reunion is a thrilling one, for the two seem to be learning from one another as they go along... |
| 172144 | Ian Freer | Empire Magazine | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-05T12:30:24Z | 2021-02-05 12:30:24 | News Of The World is narratively slight, but it is a terrific showcase for two actors at completely different ends of their careers and a quietly emotional dispatch about two broken souls learning to heal. |
| 172145 | Peter Bradshaw | Guardian | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-02-05T12:30:22Z | 2021-02-05 12:30:22 | This is a slow news day. |
| 172146 | Kevin Maher | The Times (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-02-04T23:30:52Z | 2021-02-04 23:30:52 | Yet the film rarely ignites, is devoid of urgency and leaves its Oscar-winning star treading water throughout, doling out kindly Hanksian smiles and fist-chewing platitudes in place of actual dramatic intrigue. |
| 172147 | Robbie Collin | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-04T18:11:18Z | 2021-02-04 18:11:18 | A journey whose contours and pitfalls we already know well. Nevertheless, it's a pleasure to experience it once more with companions like these. |
| 172148 | Jeanmarie Tan | The New Paper (Singapore) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-02-03T22:10:56Z | 2021-02-03 22:10:56 | Under the capable hands of writer-director Paul Greengrass, who reunites with his Captain Phillips leading man Hanks, the result is the cinematic equivalent of comfort food. |
| 172150 | A.O. Scott | New York Times | Fresh | — | 2021-02-03T14:40:25Z | 2021-02-03 14:40:25 | Neither performer overdoes the sympathy that develops between Kidd and Johanna, and the film is tender without descending too far into sentimentality. |
| 172149 | Bob Mondello | NPR | Fresh | — | 2021-02-03T14:40:25Z | 2021-02-03 14:40:25 | There's a lot that's familiar and conventional in "News Of The World" to go with little tugs of something more interesting in its premise. Savor the tugs. |
| 172151 | Emmanuel Báez | Cinéfiloz | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-02T18:00:36Z | 2021-02-02 18:00:36 | Helena Zengel is a wonderful discovery. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 172152 | Deirdre Molumby | entertainment.ie | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-02-02T09:20:08Z | 2021-02-02 09:20:08 | Director Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks ably deliver, and while it admittedly lags a bit towards the finish line, the film makes for a generally enjoyable watch |
| 172153 | Matthew Toomey | ABC Radio (Australia) | Fresh | A- | 2021-01-31T23:00:35Z | 2021-01-31 23:00:35 | An outstanding Tom Hanks looks like he's been wearing the shoes of Jefferson Kidd his whole life. |
| 172154 | Frank Wilkins | Reel Reviews | Fresh | 5/5 | 2021-01-29T23:10:55Z | 2021-01-29 23:10:55 | There's always Hanks to guide us through the peril with his trademarked brand of restrained dignity |
| 172155 | Richard Crouse | Richard Crouse | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-01-29T18:00:34Z | 2021-01-29 18:00:34 | It ends on notes of healing and redemption but the payoff, while satisfying, doesn't feel worth the long journey. |
| 172156 | Michael Calleri | Niagara Gazette | Fresh | — | 2021-01-29T05:40:40Z | 2021-01-29 05:40:40 | We get a real sense of the desperation of people and the desolation of places. No one dreamt of being iconic. |
| 172157 | Leo Brady | AMovieGuy.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-01-29T04:30:27Z | 2021-01-29 04:30:27 | News of the World is a western about the connection between an unlikely pair and keeping up with a time that is rapidly changing around them. |
| 172158 | George Simpson | Daily Express (UK) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2021-01-28T12:00:11Z | 2021-01-28 12:00:11 | Both Hanks and newcomer Zengel provide Oscar-worthy performances from touching moments on the road to those of great danger, which is where Greengrass' intense action comes in. |
| 172159 | Paul Byrnes | Sydney Morning Herald | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-01-27T21:00:30Z | 2021-01-27 21:00:30 | The film wraps around you like a pair of worn leather gloves. We are in safe hands. Hanks has that power to ground a film -- to stand solid and unmoving in the landscape and induce us to relax. |
| 172160 | Rubén Romero Santos | Cinemanía (Spain) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-01-27T18:00:20Z | 2021-01-27 18:00:20 | We all wish we were part of Captain Kidd's great family. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 172161 | Alex Bentley | CultureMap | Fresh | — | 2021-01-27T15:00:40Z | 2021-01-27 15:00:40 | The "conversations" between Hanks and Zengel comprise some of the best moments of the film, as the two constantly feel each other out and bond over unspoken sentiments. It's when the movie transitions into genre stereotypes that it starts to falter a bit. |
| 172162 | Philip De Semlyen | Time Out | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-01-27T14:00:32Z | 2021-01-27 14:00:32 | Tom Hanks is immaculate as this world-weary wanderer, imbuing him deep sorrow and humanity. He even rides like a genre veteran. |
| 172163 | Scott Phillips | The Screen Scene | Fresh | — | 2021-01-26T15:30:19Z | 2021-01-26 15:30:19 | Tom Hanks gives a quiet, restrained performance as Captain Kidd. He suffers from making the process of acting look too easy. |
| 172164 | Filipe Freitas | Always Good Movies | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-01-24T01:40:08Z | 2021-01-24 01:40:08 | Although occasionally bumpy, it's not my plan to discourage you from watching the film. |
| 172165 | Grant Hermanns | ComingSoon.net | Rotten | 4/10 | 2021-01-22T20:31:11Z | 2021-01-22 20:31:11 | "There are certainly worse Westerns out there to avoid, but there are certainly better ones to visit before turning to News of the World." |
| 172166 | Sonny Bunch | The Bulwark | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-01-22T20:31:10Z | 2021-01-22 20:31:10 | 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. |
| 172167 | Cory Woodroof | Nashville Scene | Fresh | — | 2021-01-22T18:51:23Z | 2021-01-22 18:51:23 | 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. |
| 172168 | Susan Granger | SSG Syndicate | Fresh | 8/10 | 2021-01-21T16:10:32Z | 2021-01-21 16:10:32 | Tom Hanks stars in this elegiac, episodic Western/road movie, leisurely directed by Paul Greengrass. |
| 172169 | Ruth Maramis | FlixChatter Film Blog | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-01-20T05:20:07Z | 2021-01-20 05:20:07 | Tom Hanks' first western/road-movie is a journey worth riding along with + he's got a great company in newcomer Helena Zengel. Themes of identity + sense of belonging are explored well, capped by an emotionally resonant finale. |
| 172170 | Rob Gonsalves | Rob's Movie Vault | Fresh | B | 2021-01-19T20:10:28Z | 2021-01-19 20:10:28 | As we saw in "Saving Private Ryan" and "Greyhound," Hanks is a natural at painting men skilled at war who take no pleasure in it. That prior experience with Hanks does a lot of the movie's work. |
| 172171 | Richard Roeper | Chicago Sun-Times | Fresh | 4/4 | 2021-01-16T01:50:51Z | 2021-01-16 01:50:51 | A rough-and-tumble Texas road-trip movie finds the right balance of character insight and bare-knuckled action. |
| 172172 | Shawn Edwards | Fox 4 Kansas City | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-01-16T01:31:37Z | 2021-01-16 01:31:37 | Hanks has done it again...expertly directed... |
| 172173 | Megan Basham | WORLD | Fresh | — | 2021-01-15T22:21:15Z | 2021-01-15 22:21:15 | Hanks has already shown he's more than capable of carrying an action-heavy film, but News of the World proves he can successfully channel his inner Eastwood as well. |
| 172174 | Abby Olcese | Crooked Marquee | Fresh | A- | 2021-01-15T22:21:14Z | 2021-01-15 22:21:14 | It's straightforward, down-the-middle fare. In Greengrass and Hanks' capable hands, however, it's well-executed, hitting aesthetic hallmarks and effective story beats from the first shot to the last. |
| 172175 | John Serba | Decider | Fresh | — | 2021-01-15T21:40:53Z | 2021-01-15 21:40:53 | You could do far worse than firing up a Tom Hanks movie to wile away your time. |
| 172176 | Rob Hunter | Film School Rejects | Fresh | — | 2021-01-15T20:50:42Z | 2021-01-15 20:50:42 | There is violence here, but the warmth of human companionship takes precedence. |
| 172177 | Jason Fraley | WTOP (Washington, D.C.) | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2021-01-15T18:50:30Z | 2021-01-15 18:50:30 | In an era of "fake news" and "alternative facts," "News of the World" shines like a North star over a Western landscape, saddled with newsprint, hooves galloping toward the truth. |
| 172178 | Michael Nordine | Film Occasionally | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-01-15T17:10:21Z | 2021-01-15 17:10:21 | In addition to being more timely than it was probably intended to be, News of the World has the feel of a warm blanket on a cold winter night. |
| 172179 | Caitlin Kennedy | But Why Tho? | Fresh | 7/10 | 2021-01-15T17:00:17Z | 2021-01-15 17:00:17 | News of the World is brimming with the grandeur of the Western, given a solid foundation and noble weight through Hanks' performance and its timely message. |
| 172180 | Pete Vonder Haar | Houston Press | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-01-14T20:40:34Z | 2021-01-14 20:40:34 | Kidd is also more of the same for Hanks. There's no real darkness about him, and he seems relatively untouched by his time in the war. |
| 172181 | Chris Hewitt | Minneapolis Star Tribune | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2021-01-14T18:50:33Z | 2021-01-14 18:50:33 | It's a sentimental tale, but the quiet simplicity of Greengrass' images helps whenever things threaten to get goopy. |
| 172182 | Sheraz Farooqi | CinemaDebate | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-01-13T15:50:37Z | 2021-01-13 15:50:37 | Overall, News of the World is a thoughtful and beautifully shot journey of survival. The combined performances of Tom Hanks and Zengel carry the film, creating a strong Western experience. |
| 172183 | Josh Larsen | LarsenOnFilm | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2021-01-13T15:30:32Z | 2021-01-13 15:30:32 | ...a Hanks performance where there isn't much surprise in those kindly eyes. |
| 172184 | Mark Kennedy | Associated Press | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-01-12T18:50:40Z | 2021-01-12 18:50:40 | 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. |
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