The first reactions to The Tomorrow War have arrived ahead of tomorrow's premiere. Directed by Chris McKay, The Tomorrow War was originally expected to debut in theaters last Christmas. However, following changes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Paramount sold the film to Amazon. In doing so, The Tomorrow War became the latest film to move to Amazon instead of playing in theaters, following in the steps of recent releases like Coming 2 America and Without Remorse.
The Tomorrow War follows military vet-turned-high school teacher Dan Forester (Chris Pratt), whose life is turned upside down when soldiers from 30 years in the future return to the present with a dire warning. In their time, humanity is fighting a losing battle against alien invaders, and unless people from 2021 agree to join the war, they have no chance of winning. Determined to save the world for his family, Dan enlists, plunging himself into a futuristic global conflict. The Tomorrow War also stars Yvonne Strahovski, Sam Richardson, Jasmine Matthews, Edwin Hodge, Betty Gilpin, and J.K. Simmons.
Before tomorrow's Amazon debut, the first critical reviews for The Tomorrow War have arrived online. Scroll ahead to read what everyone's saying.
Owen Gleiberman, Variety
It’s an alien-combat time-warp movie that makes you long for the nuance of “Starship Troopers.” Much of it is flat-out cheesy (and at 2 hours and 18 minutes, it’s too much of a mediocre thing), but as a film that was originally set to be released by Paramount, and is now an Amazon digital release, it feels right at home as an age-of-Netflix look-this-is-just-like-the-junk-you-could-see-in-a-theater film. It’s the definition of rousingly adequate.
Patrick Cavanaugh, ComicBook.com
At its core, the concept of The Tomorrow War requires heaping helpings of the suspension of disbelief, as it blends together key components of more beloved and successful sci-fi blockbusters from over the years. With some sci-fi films, such blatant nods to more well-known films could be seen as tributes to the staples that came before it, yet, in this instance, it merely feels like a case of the project being pitched as "X meets Y plus Z," and the picture got a green light.
John DeFore, THR
Action-packed and family-centric in a solidly commercial way, the pic may be missing that certain something that would have made it huge in theaters (its planned theatrical debut was scrapped by the pandemic), but it will be plenty entertaining as an addition to Amazon’s streaming menu.
Nick Allen, The Playlist
With his biggest live-action movie yet, McKay pronounces an intriguing savviness with blockbuster scope. He has a touch here that’s a bit of Zack Snyder and a bit of Michael Bay (and he references both with two different slow-motion shots while collaborating with Snyder’s regular cinematographer, Larry Fong), but with an arguably bigger heart and more macho restraint than either.
Matt Goldberg, Collider
The Tomorrow War is a film that’s constantly threatening to be interesting before running back to the comfort of tough guys shooting guns at CGI monsters. The premise itself is a sound climate change parable (it is our job to save the future for our children or else there won’t be a world left), but The Tomorrow War never explores it.
David Ehrlich, IndieWire
Which isn’t to say that “The Tomorrow War” is bad — it boasts a clever premise, a killer supporting turn from Sam Richardson, and an uncommonly well-defined sense of place for such a murky CGI gloop-fest (credit to director Chris McKay, who knows his way around digital environments and has more than earned a taste of that sweet Bezos money after his brilliant work on “The LEGO Batman Movie”). But for all of those laudable attributes, this flavorless loss-leader of a film is neutered by its refusal to put audiences on their heels.
Josh Bell, CBR
While there's the seed of a strong idea in Zach Dean's screenplay, The Tomorrow War almost immediately botches the execution and is largely incoherent. Overall, its plot holes and logical inconsistencies take over the course of its bloated 140-minute running time.
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