Ike: Countdown to D-Day: reviews

What the critics say average 7.4 from 8 outlets

• 8.0 Pittsburgh Post-GazetteJohn Hayes Hand him a tightly woven script about a man whose job is to send thousands of Americans to a horrible death, however, and Selleck makes you forget some of his more shallow TV roles. Read
• 8.0 Television HeavenJohn Winterson Richards Selleck conveys this quite brilliantly, and his performance is the best reason to watch Countdown. Read
• 8.0 Screen RantPadraig Cotter Eisenhower is called upon to make choices that will cost lives and the burden of those decisions is on display in Selleck's face. Read
• 7.5 VarietyLaura Fries Add to that a straightforward and respectable performance by Tom Selleck and you have an entertaining and worthy tribute come Memorial Day weekend. Read
• 7.5 The Globe and MailAndrew Ryan Beyond the eerie physical likeness, he delivers a bluster-free profile of an American hero both indomitable and fallible. Read
• 7.0 Deseret NewsScott D. Pierce And it's a genuinely engrossing movie. Tom Selleck, of all people, does a fine job as Ike. Read
• 7.0 DVD TalkShannon Nutt Although it's not a rousing recommendation, I did enjoy Ike: Countdown To D-Day enough to recommend it. Read
• 6.0 NPRAndrew Wallenstein While Tom Selleck may not have been the best choice to depict Eisenhower, he's still able convey the general's tremendous strength of character during the challenges of World War II. Read