There are no red telephone boxes, awkward romantics or stiff upper lips here, just a giddy sense of invention, a freshness of perspective, and a deep understanding of cinematic style.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2024

Spliced with biting comedy and coming-of-age dramatic hints, this stylish blend of genres hits many varied notes and leaves the audience delighted.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 7, 2023

... both far smarter than it looks on the surface, and more indebted to the drive-in horror movie culture than has been acknowledged. Cornish manages the balance well...

| May 6, 2023

An absolute classic. Great humour, tense action, fantastic creature design and a message. What more can you ask for?

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 18, 2022

Cornish has crafted a thrilling sci-fi horror adventure filled with unlikely yet likable leads.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 12, 2022

A low-budget firecracker that's as adept at tackling social issues as it is at providing sci-fi thrills.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 26, 2021

With talk about a sequel, it's the perfect time to return to this action-comedy...

| Jun 1, 2021

'Attack The Block' was the little film from 2011 that could've but didn't.

| Original Score: Big Screen Watch | May 27, 2021

The entirety of the under 20 cast are fun to watch...

| Mar 24, 2021

A unique and innovative take on the alien invasion scenario, this film mixes humor and horror to relate it's tale of misfit kids and malevolent monsters.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 30, 2020

Attack the Block makes the most of its budget while creating a near-exemplary study in pace, humor, and spurts of gore.

| Sep 19, 2020

tightly executed in almost every capacity. The pacing is spot on, it is tense as hell, you can feel the energy on screen, and though it isn't an overtly political story, there is an underlying social commentary found in the best science fiction.

| Original Score: A | Jul 11, 2020

Attack The Block is my favorite film of 2011.

| Apr 1, 2020

I'm glad that science-fiction continues to nip at our sense of social consciousness with remarkable storytelling.

| Feb 11, 2020

Part of what separates Attack the Block from its Spielbergian inspirations... is the sort of reflection on social and racial issues typically left out of popcorn fare.

| Original Score: 4.7/5 | Jan 7, 2020

Stands on its own two feet amongst the usual Brit comedy suspects, which is largely due to its cast of unknowns.

| Feb 28, 2019

Attack the Block is one of the funniest films of the year, an even bigger achievement when you realize that almost all the young actors in it are making their feature debuts.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 8, 2019

Look, this is a nicely performed film which is kept quick and tight, but for a comic horror it's just not funny or horrifying enough.

| Aug 30, 2018

Boyega couldn't have picked a better debut; Cornish created a film that busts out of the grimy estate kitchen sink drama that has made up a large proportion of British cinema for a long time.

| Aug 24, 2018

Every Hollywood screenwriter should be tied to a chair and forced to watch this.

| May 21, 2018