Metacritic reviews

If you are at all interested in the history of cinema, or the influence of 20th century politics on the medium, then this film is a must-see, although over an hour of Soviet propaganda is likely to test the patience of modern viewers.

One of the fundamental landmarks of cinema.

Eisenstein's film still has a hypnotic urgency.

It’s propaganda, yet of the most artistic variety.

Potemkin is a vital viewing experience that transcends its landmark/milestone status. Its virtuoso technique remains dazzling and is at the service of a revolutionary fervour we can still experience.

A persistently political work salvaged by its unforgettable grasp of motion.

Battleship Potemkin is first and foremost an action drama, a work of straightforward emotion and pulse-quickening tension.

Whether or not one is disposed to accept all the details as a faithful record, the fact remains that it is a production in which the director displays a vivid imagination and an artistic appreciation of motion picture values.

Few films rival its ability to capture the danger, drama, uncertainty and energy of civil war or to respond so vitally to the urgent artistic challenges of their times.

A vibrant, cinematically radical, and extremely accomplished work which went on to become one of the most celebrated movies ever made.