Blitz

"Admirably crafted but overly clichéd (...) the drama too often lacks the subtlety that distinguishes the British writer-director’s work at its best." 

"A Masterpiece (...) I’ve been to whole film festivals with less cinema than Steve McQueen packs into just two hours (...) It’s one of the most enormous cinematic experiences in recent memory." 

"Blitz has far more historical texture and a significantly less-romantic outlook than you’d expect from an unashamedly mainstream British drama. (...) it’s the most hopeful movie he’s made; Blitz is also the one most lacking for greater depth." 

"McQueen makes a point of integrating into the film (...) a sharp depiction of racism among Londoners, the enraging sort that has so calcified it still surfaces when people are just trying to survive" 

"McQueen’s World War II Film Is Skillful and Touching Yet Almost Shockingly Conventional (...) it could almost be a Barry Levinson Oscar-bait movie from 1992." 

"McQueen gives us a new lens through which to examine WWII in this masterful film (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"The frame of 'Blitz' might be too tight to accommodate everything McQueen wants to see and do. But it still holds a frequently beautiful, challenging picture"