James Gray’s autobiographical coming-of-age drama contains a fierce, unsentimental performance from Banks Repeta - and a marvellous 80s New York atmosphere.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 17, 2025

Hopkins gives a very winning performance as the grandfather we all wish we had, in this sometimes meandering film.

| Nov 15, 2024

With Armageddon Time, James Gray eschews nostalgic innocence for a bold film where its young character comes of age in a cold world, where childhood wishes clash with the grime and political tensions of late ‘70s/early ‘80s America.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 25, 2024

Rather than serve up a Hollywood coming-of-age with standard dramatic beats, Armageddon Time is a much more fascinating work to grapple with.

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 2, 2024

Hopkins owns the film and basically shits excellence with every breath. No one else stands a chance. It is a testament to the cast’s professionalism that they could act instead of just sitting with their mouths agape

| Jun 8, 2024

The connection between the past and the tumultuous contemporary times becomes undeniable, adding layers of meaning and demonstrating the director's ability to capture relevance in the essence of the past. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 8, 2023

I love this directors work and found the movie to be full of fantastic ideas & a slice of life film for touching on relationships of the youth. I just wish they would have doubled down on each one a bit more

| Jul 25, 2023

Gray appears to be making a big show of how bad he feels only so he can make a similarly big spectacle out of forgiving himself.

| Jun 14, 2023

The film oscillates between genuinely emotional moments and seemingly random scenes that have no clear relevance to the story. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 3, 2023

Gray’s indulgent exercise in self-reflection desperately grasps at any sign of meaningfulness to justify its existence, but simply can’t shake the limpness of what is a technically competent, inspiredly cast yawner.

| Apr 25, 2023

Compassionately disillusioning & soulful, it's James Gray's melancholy, semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age drama - pivoting around the fact that - while we're free to make our own choices - we can't choose the consequences that accompany them.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 7, 2023

There are pockets of this film that touch upon something genuinely meaningful. But there are also plenty of stretches that feel ever-so-slightly muddled and directionless, preventing "Armageddon Time" from reaching its full potential.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 3, 2023

Gray finds a lightly arc-less rhythm that feels like the texture of the time, a legit New York story – like many of his films – with grit, detail and humor.

| Feb 18, 2023

James Gray, always an appealing and chameleonic filmmaker, returns with a fine psychological observation in the intimate tone of his first films. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jan 30, 2023

Mediocre as narrative, juvenile as social message and tremendously middle class in its satisfaction with its own awareness of the evils of the world. [Full review in Portuguese]

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 25, 2023

It's not that it's a terrible experience, but it never quite connects with the viewer, being too subtle at times, and quite depressing at others. Full review in Spanish.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 25, 2023

Reminiscent of both Woody Allen films like Radio Days and ‘80s Spielberg directed and produced tales like E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial and The Goonies, Armageddon Time is well worth seeking out.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 12, 2023

Gray's personal tale finds a great balance with its heavy themes and lovely, light moments that endear you to this family and movie as a whole.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 6, 2023

Webb is thus the one true standout. It's a deeply tragic role that deserves more than being present to absolve everyone else's guilt by assuring them that they wouldn't be able to change his fate anyway.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 6, 2023

The understanding of generational knowledge and the fight to make sure our kids learn from our mistakes is at the core of Anthony Hopkins role in this film & all his scenes I loved, outside of that a lot of characters I did not care for or connected with

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jan 1, 2023