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Godzilla: Minus One

Gojira -1.0

2023

Takashi Yamazaki

Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yûki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki ...

6.9

4,422

Fantasy. Action. Drama. Sci-Fi. War Japan, devastated after the end of World War II, enters into crisis after the appearance of an atomic monster.

	Media	Author	Review
		Richard Kuipers Variety	"With an emotionally engaging storyline and plenty of city-stomping, heat-ray-breathing action, the first live-action Godzilla from Japan since 'Shin Godzilla' marks a high point in the long-running series"
		Christopher Cruz Rolling Stone	"The best Godzilla movie in ages (...) Going back to basics, Takashi Yamazaki’s 'Minus One' is a lean Spielbergian period drama that brings the Toho titan back to its former glory"
		Lucas Trevor The Washington Post	"An epic, entertaining blockbuster with a tender love story at its core (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Chris Plante Polygon	"It is the throwback Godzilla fans have been waiting for (...) [It] does not disappoint"
		Mark Hughes Forbes	"[T]he best 'Godzilla' film ever made, and a masterpiece of kaiju cinema"
		Charles Bramesco IndieWire	"The king of monsters is back — and better than ever (...) Toho's 'Godzilla' movies continue to run circles around American takes on the kaiju icon"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"A stirring spectacle that also contains a palpable emotional undercurrent"
		Witney Seibold SlashFilm	"[It] may have some of the best, most exciting destruction visuals in the franchise's long history"
		Katie Rife IGN	"A rousing, spectacle-filled blockbuster (...) The story is character-driven, but the monster scenes are exciting and effective"
		Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Here’s proof that an action movie can have an effects-heavy climax that doesn’t feel boringly generic. Hollywood, take note (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"As emotionally involving as it is scary"
		Simon Abrams rogerebert.com	"Yamazaki gives G-fans plenty of reasons to see 'Godzilla Minus One' in theaters (...) Yamazaki’s style, like his movie’s politics, only looks conservative when compared to his predecessors. He made a good Godzilla movie (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"[It] isn't just a good 'Godzilla' movie. It's an excellent 'Godzilla' movie –arguably among the best ever to grace the screen (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Wendy Ide The Guardian	"A thunderously entertaining prequel (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Matt Schley The Japan Times	"Visually, [it] evokes the original film more than any Godzilla film since the '50s. But by locating itself in the past, it avoids taking on contemporary issues, more content to be an entertaining ride (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Joshua Meyer Dread Central	"Toho’s King of The Monsters makes a triumphant return (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"While some of the emotional beats are a bit pat, the way Yamazaki grapples with the wider nuances of wartime trauma feels fresh and innovative, proving that even after seven decades of wreckage, this iconic kaiju still has plenty of fuel in the reactor"
		Keith Uhlich Slant	"For all the unbridled destruction, 'Godzilla Minus One' remains perversely light and fun (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Patrice Witherspoon Screen Rant	"Yamazaki’s Kaiju entry is one of the franchise's (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Kambole Campbell Empire	"A refreshingly humanist and nostalgic reboot of the iconic monster franchise (...) convincing, tactile and classic design work (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Adam Graham Detroit News	"It's a big ol' monster movie that delivers the goods on both a human storytelling level and that of a big ol' monster movie"
		Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"There's as much of Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru here as there is the rubber-suit genius of 'Godzilla' creator Ishirō Honda, and that's a pairing as powerful as any monster mash-up (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Charles Pulliam-Moore The Verge	"A devastating story that lays bare the original myth’s brilliance"
		Nicolas Rapold The New York Times	"Takashi Yamazaki integrates crowds and effects with a sure hand, and endows the violence with a dour air"
		Ryan Swen The Film Stage	"Such shifts in scale ––from grand calamity to intense revelations, from personal trauma to collective resolve–– distinguish 'Godzilla: Minus One'"

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