Mr. Jones: reviews

What the critics say average 6.5 from 5 outlets

• 8.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw "Mr Jones is a bold and heartfelt movie with a real Lean-ian sweep". Read
• 7.0 Screen DailyJonathan Romney "With a cast impressively headed by James Norton, and cinematography that captures the bleakness of winter and deprivation to grimly palatable effect, Holland?s drama comes across in part as a meticulously mounted, sometimes solemn history lesson". Read
• 6.5 VarietyGuy Lodge "The powerful contemporary resonance of a story that veritably hinges on the dangers of «fake news» and its devastating consequences, meanwhile, hardly needs to be explained". Read
• 6.0 The Hollywood ReporterDavid Rooney "Nothing on either side comes close to the trenchancy or grim poetry of Jones' harrowing odyssey, which is as it should be. But there's also no reason for all the political obstructionism and journalistic frustration to be so windy". Read
• 5.0 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich "Mr. Jones is stymied by the clarity of its hero?s crusade. Exasperatingly scattershot for most of its long running time, this restless and misshapen film suggests its director?s nagging discomfort with a straightforward history lesson". Read