Patriots Day's reviews
Media reviews
New York Post
A great American movie about the greatness of ordinary Americans, Patriots Day combines an electrifying manhunt with the intimacy and feel for character writer-director Peter Berg showed in his brilliant TV series ?Friday Night Lights.?
The Playlist
Berg?s approach is blunt and effective. With Patriots Day, he?s made an action film that grabs you by the throat and doesn?t let up.
Time
Patriots Day, muscular and confident, falls right in line with Berg?s other work. And you might feel a little dirty after watching it, as if you?d been granted access to real-life suffering and tragedy that perhaps should have remained private.
Indiewire
Historians, media scholars and even Boston citizens may debate whether this is the most worthy way to honor those fallen in the attacks. But Berg mounts a heartfelt, harrowing tribute to the film?s real-life heroes.
Roger Ebert
The hero worship of a fictional character in the midst of all of this real-life drama is a mistake.
After dispensing with the sluggish setup of the film?s first act, Berg shifts into high gear, powerfully evoking the feelings of dread and white-knuckle excitement that much of America no doubt felt as the manhunt progressed.
The Telegraph
Patriots Day is stirring, well-acted, moving and built with conviction and flair. But a film about such a senseless attack shouldn?t be scared, now and then, to make a little less sense.
Empire
The third part of Berg?s unofficial Americans-in-crisis trilogy will play better for US audiences than overseas, but it?s still a pacy and often enthralling disaster movie.