"A perfect movie for this moment."
— Owen Gleiberman, Variety
"A moving tribute to pro wrestling and its practitioners."
— Matt Singer, ScreenCrush
"With scalpel-like precision, the film exposes the agonies of fathers, sons, and brother"
— Marshall Shaffer, Slant Magazine
"[Sean Durkin] is a filmmaker clearly able to tell such an undeniably emotional story with the clearest of visions."
— Edward Douglas, Above the Line
"Much like 'Raging Bull' isn’t a boxing movie, but a drama with boxing, 'The Iron Claw' is a drama with pro wrestling."
— Jordan Hoffman, The Messenger
"Durkin’s gift is as a stylist, with his camera soaking in the grief-stricken atmosphere until it’s dripping with dread."
— Matt Schimkowitz, AV Club
"It’s a harrowing, visceral, poignant biopic that will surely make you shed a tear or two regardless of whether you knew the Von Erich story."
— Mae Abdulbaki, Screen Rant
"As a wrenching American heartland saga, The Iron Claw is certainly compelling, and to anyone unfamiliar with the Von Erichs’ history, each jolt of fresh anguish delivered to the family will be startling."
— David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
"Writer-director Sean Durkin’s third feature shares with his first two a fascination for the darker aspects of human nature, but there is a newfound tenderness that makes this crushing drama all the more affecting."
— Tim Grierson, Screen International
"Wrestling, at its best, is a mythic art, an extension of the traditions of ancient Greece — with all the grand pageantry and theater that turns mere mortals into titans. Durkin knows this, and uses all that bigness to startling effect, transforming the tragedy of an American family into a bittersweet legend."
— Clint Worthington, Consequence
