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Granted it's good, and I like most of PTA's films, but it's not like this is anywhere near as brilliant as something like There Will Be Blood or The Master.

The plot is very simple, and while that's not a bad thing, I found it difficult finding anything substantial to grab onto. The performances are certainly good but again it feels like all the actors with the exception of probably Chase Infiniti and maybe Sean Penn aren't given a whole lot to do.

In my opinion this was far less interestingly photographed than something like Phantom Thread, and with less compelling characters than something like The Master, and lacked the spectacle and gravitas of something like There Will Be Blood.

Still better than most films releasing these days, but if you're looking at all the rave reviews like I was and expecting a masterpiece, from my perspective I'd be lowering my expectations.

It gets a 7/10 for being well performed and pretty well written, but I can't go beyond that because it lacked the depth I'd normally be seeking from filmmakers of PTA's caliber.

It takes a while to get into the movie, with some scenes not really making much sense at the beginning. But keep with it past the 30 minute mark. I found this movies totally engaging, with really great performances from the main actors and a heart tugging storyline. I really don't know why I've seen reviews of this movie saying it was a flop. Maybe due to overspending on production? But thats no reason to hate on this. Sit back, watch di caprio and the rest of the cast do their thing and enjoy a movie which i put on par with No Country For Old Men. I know they are worlds apart but I feel the same intensity of what's going on in their situation, and they both have you puckering your starfish with anticipation. Great movie!! Watch it ASAP:)

The film kept my attention and I genuinely enjoyed watching it, but I walked away feeling like something was missing. I'm still not sure why critics are so ecstatic about it - it's a solid piece of work, just not exceptional in the way the reviews suggest. I don't regret the time spent, yet I don't feel any desire to rewatch it either.

Battle after another is a solid film with a lot of strong points. It's generally warm and even has a bit of light raunchiness at the start, yet it keeps you engaged. Leonardo DiCaprio's performance is outstanding-he plays an ordinary guy thrown into tough situations with incredible sincerity and conviction. Benicio Del Toro, though in a smaller role, adds charisma as well. The female characters, unfortunately, feel pretty shallow and lack depth.

The plot is simple but enjoyable, though there are minor logical gaps. The main downside is the antagonists: some feel too overpowered, while others seem weak, and the motives of many minor villains remain unclear. At times, their actions come off as clichéd, which slightly reduces the dramatic tension.

Overall, the film works really well-it's fresh, engaging, and visually impressive. It reminded me of Fargo, both the film and the series. If you like Leonardo DiCaprio or the Coen brothers, this movie is definitely worth watching.

I'll admit, this didn't grab me at first. The opening felt slow, and the revolutionaries were a little too over the top for my taste. But somewhere along the way, the film won me over, mostly thanks to Bob. I've never been a big DiCaprio fan, yet he's fantastic here as a paranoid, anxious ex revolutionary who's clearly let himself go. He stumbles through scenes with this jittery, washed out energy, like a man who's spent far too many years drunk, high, and avoiding reality.

His phone calls with the revolution's customer service line where he can't remember the code he desperately needs, had me laughing out loud. Moments like that reminded me how rare it is to see something this original anymore.

The film throws everything into the mix: revolutionaries, white supremacist secret societies, hidden tunnels, explosions, political tension, bursts of action, and a healthy dose of absurdity. It's chaotic, strange, and surprisingly entertaining once it finds its rhythm.

Paul Thomas Anderson's 10th feature film may as well be his most amusing & entertaining one to date. An incendiary adventure that comes brimming with a charged atmosphere, laced with rebellious spirit, packed with relevant themes and bolstered by a potent ensemble, One Battle After Another incorporates much of what's happening in present-day America to tell its tale of defiance & resistance.

Also written by Anderson (Phantom Thread & Licorice Pizza), the story concerns a group of ex-revolutionaries who reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own when their past nemesis resurfaces. Volatile from the get-go, the film gathers momentum right away while exhibiting an undercurrent of tension & urgency that the picture not only sustains with effortless ease but also sprinkles with hilarious bits along the way.

The technical aspects are sound throughout, be it the steady camerawork, smooth pace, neat editing, interesting score & some expertly choreographed action set pieces. It is also an acting powerhouse, with the entire cast contributing with excellent inputs. Leonardo DiCaprio renders his role with stoned perfection and he's brilliantly supported by Sean Penn's intense showcase, Benicio del Toro's zen act & Chase Infinity's fiery performance.

Overall, One Battle After Another is crafted with controlled aggression, unfolds with a sense of chaos & emergency and delivers a thoroughly fun ride despite its politically & thematically rich layerings. Presenting the esteemed auteur in complete control of his craft and also impressive enough to rank amongst the best all-round films of the year, Anderson's latest feature further affirms his status as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation.

Great movie and story line. Relatable to what is going on in society today. Suspensful, star studded cast. Over two and a half hours long but well worth it. If you don't get to see it at the theater, this movie is worth renting or buying and watching it in the comfort of your own home with surround sound.

Despite my admiration for Paul Thomas Anderson, I had all sorts of apprehension about seeing this. I realize that I am in the minority, but I have never cared for Leonardo DiCaprio. Well, not never, but not in a long time. He's never really bad, he's just not interesting to me, but gotta say that this might be the best performance I've seen him give since a kid. I'm also not the biggest fan of Sean Penn either, though I recognize his intense, sometimes too intense, talent and he is something to behold here. I'm completely ignorant regarding the gorgeous Teyana Taylor. Never heard of her before this commanding performance and apparently she's been around a while, primarily in music. And then there was the title, which sounded, and maybe still does, like a downer of a viewpoint of mankind and its endlessly combative nature. So, without PTA, I most likely might have skipped this. Glad I didn't. I don't think it's PTA's finest film (it's still Boogie Nights to me), but it is a really fine piece of filmmaking about a burnt out, drugged out, over the hill one time revolutionary dragged back into this fray due to the disappearance of his daughter. I viewed this twice. The first time caught me off guard as it wasn't what I was expecting, but I found it even better on a second viewing. Also deserving to be pointed out in a mostly picture perfect cast are the entertaining Benicio Del Toro, the oh so sweet Regina Hall and sensational newcomer, Chase Infiniti. After Licorice Pizza, I was anxious to see Alana Haim again, but was disappointed that her part her was so, suddenly, small. Politics, the state of the union, love, death, parenting, drugs, friendship, white supremacy, loyalty, you name it, it's probably in here. Well written, excellently directed, a ton of good acting all add up to a superior film. Still not quite sure though about that title.

I saw 'One Battle After Another' last night, and I'm still not sure I get the hype. On paper, the film has everything: social commentary, action, radical politics, immigration, parenthood, even extremism. It tries to juggle so many weighty ideas at once - and I do applaud that - it's ambitious, topical, clearly trying to stir the pot. But ambition alone doesn't make for satisfying cinema, and this one ends up messy.

At nearly three hours long, it's a slog when you still don't really know the people you're meant to care about. Not a single character feels grounded - Benicio del Toro aside (and even then, his screen time is frustratingly short). The rest make decisions that have zero logic in the absence of backstory, leaving them feeling exaggerated and hollow. So many talented actors, yet I wasn't rooting for anyone. The "big message" moments - racism, political division, systemic power, identity - land far too on the nose, skimming the surface without ever cutting deep.

If I'm being fair, one thing I did love was the soundtrack - tense, pulsing, and full of nervous energy, it injects more urgency than the script ever does. But pace and tone overall are uneven. PTA's usual offbeat humour is basically MIA, and without it, long stretches drag and feel oddly dull. The film indulges its own grandeur, with sprawling chases and spectacle, but without clarity or cohesion. Honestly? It's his weakest film yet. It wants to be grand, relevant, provocative - and in parts it succeeds - but just doesn't hold it together. In the end, there's no clear overall message, just a lot of battles, one after another, that feel thrown at you without being stitched into something coherent.

I do like a film that drops you in cold. This one drops us at the US/Mexican border with Perfidia (Teyana Taylor) and Pat aka Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio). They're odd-couple revolutionary activists of the vigilante militant persuasion, raiding the border, releasing detainees, blowing stuff up and pointing guns at Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw (Sean Penn). This first encounter is just a teaser, quite literally. The sexual tension between the cast is disarming, everyone seems charged and ready. It's got a slick heist movie pace and aesthetic, but with a hefty dose of dark comedic grit, that just keeps getting dirtier. The playfulness is to be short lived. Perfidia is not here for games and her renegade actions soon turn everyone's lives upside down. This could really only be an American story, nowhere else would this level of extreme idolised rhetoric, disfunctional society and sanctioned violence be plausible. It's viscerally emotional stuff and whips along at a frenetic pace, centred around the definition of a bizarre love triangle. But boy does it keep you on your toes! Just when you think you've got the measure of its players and are ready to see which direction they go, Director and Writer Paul Thomas Anderson throws more fuel on the fire. White supremacy, spurned lovers, race wars, hardline conservatism and conspiracy paranoia. It's a snake pit, a story that winds so tight, that when it uncoils, it explodes with a wildly weaving story arc, delivered with sledgehammer subtlety. It's brilliant. I mean it could easily drown under the chaos and weight of its narrative, the dizzying set piece sequences, the stars! DiCaprio is fantastic, Penn is even better, then we meet Sensei Carlos (Benicio Del Toro). Names you'll recognise, but Chase Infiniti (great name) as the young Willa is wonderful. Everyone is nuts, there's not one single likeable character. This would usually be a deal breaker for me. No connection, no empathy, no point. But this works and you know what almost steals all the limelight... a road, a bloody road! True it's the camerawork, the score and the edit that make the finale tick so well, but this is a rare example of a sprawling, wide eyed, dangerously ambitious film, that really lands.

The title of my review is automatically going to be downvoted but it just represents exactly how I feel. This was a perfectly serviceable film that I was able to watch from start to finish and come out saying "yeah it was fine."

When it comes to any Paul Thomas Anderson film digging for a point and meaning to them is in my opinion a waste of time. You either connect with the characters and the surreal world that they live in, or you don't. Here I just didn't, I don't understand anything about what motivates the characters and only see surface level topics around immigration, racism and political revolution. For a PTA film the black humor is mostly absent, it is actually mostly played straight with a simple plot and nowhere near as much action as they are saying there is. I don't know who this was really made for because it seems too strange for wide audiences and too vanilla for PTA fans. Obviously some people say they love it and I'm not taking that away from you. But I fully expect the ratings on this film to normalize to an average film rating. If I'm wrong I'm glad audiences got something out of it.

Props to writer / director Paul Thomas Anderson for blending "The Big Lebowski" & "Sicario" into the darkly humorous, quietly epic actioner "One Battle After Another". 16yrs after being part of a domestic terrorist group (with Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, & others) stoner Leonardo Di Caprio (so good again) lives off-grid with Chase Infiniti (his daughter by Taylor)... til the past comes for them via manic army Col Sean Penn (excellent). Cue reasonably twisty chase & shoot 'em up action, with characters like Benicio Del Toro (also great), white supremacist politicians, and plot holes aplenty (excusable as they keep Anderson's terrific pace flowing). Not flawless, but still thumping entertainment.

What is this movie about? It starts with the "French 75", a group with ideolical goals. Their rebellion changes nothing and their members soon end up in jail. This is portrayed without obvious moral underlining. The other half of the Paul Thomas Anderson movie is a family drama. That's also when the video editor decided to continue his work on an old VCR device. We get to see intense emotions, wild car chases and a few comedic performances.

At the end there is a hardly character devolpment to be witnessed. One of the main characters pretty much stays the same.

It's a shame, that this film lacks a clear continuity storywise. The formula follows the modern storytelling: intense emotions replace a stunning script. Of course, the cinematography is high standard, outstanding and well crafted. Yet the movie was not convincing. No rewatch planned. Try harder next time.

Based on some of Thomas Pynchon's novel "Vineland", P. T. Anderson's movie is amazing in its uncensored satirizing of the right-wing takeover of America. The great acting, especially by Sean Penn in a dynamic role as the heavy (somehow sympathetic without pulling any punches) plus realistic filmmaking is a bold approach to material that is speculative fiction in a dystopian mode.

Of the many highlights, I especially liked the style of an extended sort of chase scene among three cars on a rolling elevation highway -pure cinematic suspense with thrilling photography and editing. The heavy quotient of dark humor throughout is brilliant.

The movie "One Battle After Another", in summary, is about a former revolutionary on a mission to save his missing daughter. Directed and co-written by Paul Thomas Anderson, it's a thrilling political action flick that really shows off, once again, his talent for both writing and directing. However, the movie isn't consistent in its construction; at times it's unconvincing, and other times it feels unfocused. More than once, I had the same reaction I did with last year's "Emilia Pérez": a wildly original story that often seems to jump around without much logic, where anything can happen.

The whole movie basically belongs to Sean Penn as Col. Lockjaw. He totally steals the show with a character who's creepy, unhinged, and downright disturbing.

Like "Emilia Pérez", it's one of those stories you're either into from the start or you just don't care about at all.

I tried to watch this film not expecting too much, but the hype and mostly positive reviews overwhelmed my simple little brain. I'm certainly not disappointed, but also not dazzled. The film is highly enjoyable, darkly funny and very entertaining, but not the masterpiece I was longing for.

Leo plays an ex-revolutionary whose partner (ex-Mrs Iman Shumpert Teyana Taylor) has turned for the feds, leaving him to raise their daughter alone. Penn is the weird maniac obsessed with the turncoat and in turn wants to hunt down her now 16yo daughter.

The film is far too long, but races along at such a pace that the viewer is never bored. Penn and Leo are both desperately waging dual Oscar campaigns, but it is DiCaprio who delivers a wonderful performance, not far removed from Rick Dalton, but no less brilliant. 8/10.

The heavily far-left revolutionary violence and quirky tone of the opening ten minutes combined with the film being a heavy Best Picture favorite for much of the year initially led me to expect more Hollywood claptrap in the form of a self-satisfied virtue-signal fest. What followed, however, was something far richer and more rewarding.

The film delivers a brilliant blend of incisive satire and a gripping cat-and-mouse narrative. Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn are exceptional, delivering two of the strongest performances I've seen in years. Without them, the film simply wouldn't work. For DiCaprio, this continues an extraordinary run and further cements his place on the all-time Mount Rushmore of acting in this critics view.

Beyond the performances, the technical craft is superb. The sound design is outstanding: purposeful, catchy, and constantly elevating the material rather than merely accompanying it. The cinematography is sharp and effective throughout. Most importantly, the film is entertaining. Too often, films sacrifice engagement in pursuit of artistic credibility; this one refuses that trade-off and succeeds at both.

Viewers deeply entrenched in their political bubbles may struggle with the film. But for anyone paying attention to the absurdities at the extremes of modern ideology, the satire is spot-on and frequently laugh out loud funny.

Despite its lengthy runtime, the film remains a consistent thrill from start to finish. While it underperformed at the box office relative to expectations, it feels destined to age well. In this critic's view, it's a classic.

@thereelscoop confidently endorses One Problem After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, for Best Picture.

Dicaprio and Penn were superb. I had trouble categorizing it - IMDb helped named the thing - dark comedy. The visuals for the last car chase was mind blowing. Definitely Tarantino-like. Rich characters. Del Toro was such a warm welcome relief. Crazy scenes like the fall from the roof, long shots maybe like the tunnel escape and the house with all the illegal immigrants. Very scary interrogation scenes without being violent. Scary show of military power over helpless citizens. Odd amount of vaping by Bob. Whacky scenes with Penn and the secret codes. White supremacy underworld felt a little misaligned.

This is not a great movie at all. But it does present illegal immigration, black revolution, and the white people who help them as all being righteous, justifiable and likeable. This is even the case where these revolutionaries hurt innocent people, who fade away into the background because their lives are irrelevant, just as is any exploration into the issues surrounding this strong message. Authorities are all evil, white, racist men.

I'm no conservative but became quickly bored to tears by the very long opening which tells you nothing about why the revolution is taking place. You just need to accept that illegal immigration is good, authorities trying to uphold the law are terrible people. And the story only gets going when one of them gets caught. Of course, this person isn't 'bad' per se, but the way out of it involves even more ugliness and a twist that makes no sense whatsoever other than to show how evil old white men are.

Care about the characters? There wasn't much reason except if you're a true leftist and these are the people fighting the above good fight because... well... that's good. Read the reviews here that keep stating how important this film is for our times. Why? Because it paints the military, ICE and authority figures as twisted white supremacists? This is a completely self-indulgent film that engages into comedy which was somewhat funny in the same vein as every other "stoned out of his mind" film goes, saying nothing new. The farfetched convenient ending is completely predictable and, while satisfying in its comeuppance it is by no means brilliant in any way. Gorgeous landscapes and great acting doesn't make for a great film. It's overlong and slightly better than average - and completely shallow.

Luckly, I haven't read a word about this movie before watching it. Came fresh and got what I knew I am going to get - a Paul Thomas Anderson's film, with all the elements that are tied to this director's creations. He is not my favorite director, and I'm pretty divided regarding his filmography.

One thing that I can say about Paul Thomas Anderson is that his movies stick. Makes me think and are almost always enjoyable. Well, not all of them. There are "Inherent Vice" that made me suffer and also "The Master" I didn't like. And yes, Paul Thomas Anderson's films are always long.

This one is also a long one and not necessarily needed to be that long, but it is one of those things I can live with, because this time his movie is absolutely great. It is not great like the movie critics say it is. It's not perfect and sometimes it feels too stuffed with allegories and subjects that Paul Thomas Anderson tried to get inside, but other then all of those...yeah...it's that good.

It is like America's political atmosphere started to use drugs, from both kinds. Downers and uppers. There are two main characters that are performed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn and are representing each one of drugs types. One is pumped and violent and the other is a suspicious stoner, that is sometime very mellow and sometimes paranoic.

Other then that Paul Thomas Anderson talks about America, about treatment to foreigners and especially those who tries to blend in America. He speaks about the fact we all belong to places, culture and personal identity we get from our family and our close (and also not that close) environment.

Everything Paul Thomas Anderson does in this movie is fabulous. Camera work is sensational, the musical score is almost perfect and stressful, and the final car chase scene is one of the best thing I've seen in any movie lately. The best part, off course, will be the actors choices.

What more can we say about Leonardo DiCaprio and his performances? Nothing else. All was already been told. He is perfect. Give him another Oscar. Sean Penn is absolutely terrifying in one of his best performances of latest years. Benicio Del Toro maintained his acting vibe from 'The Phoenician Scheme' and young Chase Infiniti stole everyone's thunder.

This movie gets the jog done. It is interesting, well made and acted and especially very unique, though also very stuffed. I am so happy I managed to enjoy this one without caving into the hype machine around the web. Is stood by itself and made my experience just great and it is another one by PTA that I will remember as one of the better ones.

I really didn't expect to write a review, but the amount of PTA bots calling this movie a masterpiece made me say two or three things. I think it's a perfectly solid movie, it looks good, the pace is okay, the actors are perfectly talented but not used to their full potential. The script is what lowers the quality and impression of this movie because the jokes are cringe or better said cheap and predictable. But okay jokes aside, what's missing the most is a deeper dive into the characters and their relationships, who they are and why they do the things they do, but everything remains kind of surface level, unfinished, which results in me simply not caring about these characters. The action is nowhere near as crazy as they want you to think and the music, although great, is a bit too distracting at times. I'll conclude this review because I have nothing to say except that it's a perfectly solid movie but pls don't expect a masterpiece just because a big director's name is attached to it.

I'll make a quick summary: when you see Leonardo DiCaprio, just sit back and enjoy, because it will be a phenomenal film in terms of story, cinematography, music, and also comedic moments. The filming locations are also extremely ideal. I was eagerly awaiting watching it The other characters were distinctive and represented strength.

It seems people must be overly easily impressed giving this 9 or 10. Dont understand the hype. Its messy and just not that engaging. Its well made but its like a dish that smells and looks fantastic but tastes a bit bland. Difficult to say which ingredients are missing, but one thing that struck me from early on is I didnt really like or care about any of the characters. Many of them are just nasty, unlikeable. It couldnt seem.to make its mind up what it wanted to be, and many long scenes were pointless. The action wasnt anywhere near as insane as people say. The chase was good, but Bullett still has the best car chase of all time! It was a mixed bag. Often silly comedic at odd times, which wasnt very funny either. I felt like it has four or five writers all pulling it in different directions of action, thriller, dark humour, and not that great at any of it. It held me, but only just, and it does pick up after about an hour. I think if Id been on my own (my partner had the same review as me after) I may have walked, which I very rarely do I kept thinking it was like a try hard Rob Zombie/Tarantino/Scorcese movie but fell way short. I gave it 5, but its maybe a 6.5 at best.