Metacritic Movie Ratings
Battleship Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 83

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Battleship is a sound vessel floating in Hollywood's oil-slick sea of "Transformers" sequels and vampire riffs.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Village VoiceNick Pinkerton

  And when the F-14s came out for a triumphant flyover, I looked around the room to find the moron who was applauding only to realize that it was me.

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• 63

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The nicest touch is that Battleship has an honest-to-God third act, instead of just settling for nonstop fireballs and explosions, as Bay likes to do. I don't want to spoil it for you. Let's say the Greatest Generation still has the right stuff and leave it at that.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  Those looking for big, loud sci-fi action will find plenty to like here as director Peter Berg (Hancock, Friday Night Lights) pumps up the volume on clashing military hardware and flag-waving heroics.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger

  Has a plot as unambitious as a macaroni dinner, familiar and easy to eat and not particularly nutritious.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Variety

  Overlong and underwritten even by the standards of summer f/x extravaganzas, this Battleship will nonetheless float with many on the strength of its boyish, eager-to-please razzle-dazzle.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Mostly, Battleship is a noisy, overlong and numbing military-vs.-aliens saga with laughably bad dialogue.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  This may sound thrilling, but it's not. Battleship plays ordinary and pedestrian because it's always been a job for hire, never anyone's passion.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Like "Transformers," which it rivals in relentlessness, Battleship comes with its own force field, a furious energy that renders criticism irrelevant.

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