Godzilla Minus Zero: reviews

What the critics say average 7.8 from 23

• 10 ColliderVictoria Luxford Taking everything that made Godzilla Minus One work and giving us more, both in terms of spectacle and emotion, Godzilla Minus Zero is a near-perfect sequel. Read
• 10 AwardsWatchRyan McQuade Godzilla Minus Zero is a deeply emotional, exhilarating epic that stands head and shoulders better than any big budget film you will see this year. Read
• 9.8 PolygonJake Kleinman This is the right kind of doubling down. Read
• 9.1 The Film StageMichael Frank The kaiju themselves are breathtaking, applause-inducing, and just enormous. Read
• 9.0 The Hollywood ReporterDavid Rooney The masterstroke of Yamazaki's direction is the skill with which he ensures that the human drama remains no less compelling than the monster faceoffs. Read
• 9.0 VarietyOwen Gleiberman The movie proves that when you do it right, what seemed old can become timeless. Read
• 9.0 Total FilmMolly Edwards With devastating human drama and earth-shaking kaiju action, Godzilla Minus Zero ups the ante in every way from its predecessor – and is easily one of the best films of the year. Read
• 8.8 New York PostJohnny Oleksinski Instead of one long, CGI-heavy death match, the plotting is twisty, smart and unpredictable. Read
• 8.3 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich The more thematically coherent and emotionally affecting "Godzilla Minus Zero" expands on the naive grassroots nationalism of its predecessor by reframing that movie's characters from victims to survivors. Read
• 8.0 The GuardianJesse Hassenger Godzilla Minus Zero grapples more directly with humans' attempts to assert some control over forces that initially seem impossible to harness. Read
• 8.0 The WrapWilliam Bibbiani It's a great Godzilla sequel, maybe even one of the best, but it's not one of the great Godzilla movies. Read
• 8.0 Next Best PictureDan Bayer For all its subtlety, elegance, and focus on character, "Godzilla Minus Zero" is still a monster movie first and foremost, and Yamazaki delivers spectacularly. Read
• 8.0 Radio TimesMax Copeman There is an old-school melodrama sensibility to the script and some of the performances, which doesn't always avoid cliché, but Yamazaki's dedication to social commentary is to be commended. Read
• 7.5 Roger EbertClint Worthington "Minus Zero" doesn't quite reach the miraculous highs of its predecessor, but the old boy still has plenty of bite. Read
• 7.5 SlashfilmJeremy Mathai While not a death blow by any means, what we're left with is a very, very good film falling just short of greatness. Read
• 7.5 The PlaylistMarshall Shaffer In an age of CGI slop, where graphics work gets sloppily split among various effects houses vying to do the work cheaper and faster, the care in "Godzilla Minus Zero" towers head and shoulders above the competition, like the titular monster over a city skyline. Read
• 7.0 IGNScott Collura Godzilla Minus Zero doesn't disappoint in the slightest on the kaiju front, but does lack the same level of emotional resonance that its predecessor held. Read
• 7.0 VultureAlison Willmore The movie may keep you waiting on its monsters, but when they show up, it delivers. Read
• 6.3 Slant MagazineEli Friedberg Problematic as this new conservative kaiju era may be, and messier as Godzilla Minus Zero's themes and ensemble may be than Godzilla Minus One, it's hard not to admire the sheer human honesty of a big-budget fantasy film appealing to taboo bloodthirst and social conscience in the same haggard breath—certainly not when it sounds and looks this good. Read
• 6.0 Time OutPhil de Semlyen That final showdown, when it comes, is well worth the wait. If only it had been a bit shorter. Read
• 6.0 EmpireJohn Nugent Not as coherent a vision as Minus One, but Yamazaki and his team remain the best custodians of the King of the Monsters in recent memory. Read
• 5.5 The Daily BeastNick Schager At its finest, it roars with thunderous majesty—but that, regrettably, is far too rare for a wannabe-epic monster mash. Read
• 5.0 Screen RantBen Gibbons If action is all you want, then Godzilla Minus Zero does the trick, but don't expect it to climb to the heights of the first film. Read