Blitz

"Steve McQueen's Harrowing Drama Suffers From Emotional Detachment (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 10)" 

"Steve McQueen’s odyssey ranks among the greatest war films ever made (...) is thrilling, moving and morally provoking (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Admirably crafted but overly clichéd (...) the drama too often lacks the subtlety that distinguishes the British writer-director’s work at its best." 

"A Masterpiece (...) I’ve been to whole film festivals with less cinema than Steve McQueen packs into just two hours (...) It’s one of the most enormous cinematic experiences in recent memory." 

"Blitz has far more historical texture and a significantly less-romantic outlook than you’d expect from an unashamedly mainstream British drama. (...) it’s the most hopeful movie he’s made; Blitz is also the one most lacking for greater depth." 

"McQueen makes a point of integrating into the film (...) a sharp depiction of racism among Londoners, the enraging sort that has so calcified it still surfaces when people are just trying to survive" 

"This is McQueen’s most accessible film to date, without diluting his power. Mixing epic sweep with textured detail, despite an episodic second half it will make even the stiffest upper lip quiver (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"