"A singular and moving experience."
— Jake Coyle, Associated Press
"McQueen ushers us up to the edge of the abyss and urges us to remember and reflect."
— Ty Burr, Washington Post
"I’ve been to whole film festivals with less cinema than Steve McQueen packs into just two hours."
— William Bibbiani, TheWrap
"Arguably the most heroic character in the film is the city. And Blitz is, instantly, one of the great 'London Movies'."
— Kevin Maher, Times (UK)
"This is so incredibly well-made, gripping, and from a craft and storytelling perspective I just loved everything about this film."
— Christy Lemire, FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
"Actually, for the patriotic, British filmmaking this bravura should be a source of pride. And never is Blitz greater than in the odyssey of George."
— Danny Leigh, Financial Times
"The film is not just a glossy period piece; it’s an emotional story about human resilience, one that’s sadly still too familiar almost a century later."
— Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com
"Blitz, while not exactly a movie for children, is nonetheless a story about a child, and it has powerful moments of wonderment, humor and even joy."
— Justin Chang, NPR
"McQueen—a director who understands we can only look forward by looking back—gives us a new lens through which to examine WWII in this masterful film."
— Emily Zemler, Observer
"Blitz is an old-fashioned movie in the best sense. It is full of remarkable scenes, some heartbreaking, some uplifting, all captured in stark beauty by French cinematographer Yorick Le Saux."
— Stephen Romei, The Australian
"In some ways, Blitz is both of its time and timeless. For those who remember, it might remind them of Children Film Foundation films. There’s also a Dickensian quality to this solidly crafted period film."
— Aparita Bhandari, Globe and Mail
"McQueen compassionately fashions [Blitz] with utmost humanity and a stirring sense of perseverance, building a resilient ecosystem of war-torn Londoners [through his] very own Dickensian brushstrokes."
— Tomris Laffly, The Playlist
"It’s a period documented, honoured, and reinterpreted a hundred times on screen before. Yet it’s what [Steve McQueen] sees and how he sees it, as one of Britain’s most extraordinary filmmakers, that makes Blitz feel monumental."
— Clarisse Loughrey, Independent (UK)
"Nine is an age right at the cusp between the magical thinking of a child and the beginning of a deepening understanding of the world of adults. McQueen, so good at conveying the chaos of the Blitz, is even better at conveying that liminal moment."
— Nell Minow, Movie Mom
"McQueen never fails to deliver something more, and that’s true here. His wartime London contains worlds within worlds, many of them unexpected, as Rita and George in their ways exemplify the old British mantra of keeping calm and carrying on..."
— Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
