...the picture, which kicks off with a relatively strong opening, does an effective job of balancing drama with over-the-top monster action...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 6, 2025

...goes beyond being a great monster movie to simply being a great movie - heartrending, frightening, and ultimately redemptive.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 4, 2024

This is easily, by a pretty wide margin, the best human movie that's ever been in a Godzilla movie.

| Sep 23, 2024

The result is a celebration of homegrown courage, with the vastly overpowered citizens fighting to protect the fragile progress of their rebuilt lives and to banish Godzilla back to the depths of the sea.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 17, 2024

... a film as much about the legacy of World War II on Japan’s citizens as it is about a giant lizard rising from the sea to wreak havoc on the island nation.

| Aug 9, 2024

Among the pantheon of Godzilla films, Minus One is one of the finest entries in the franchise’s 70-year history. It balances spectacle with substance, offering longtime fans and newcomers a reason to believe in the enduring power of the King of Monsters.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 19, 2024

The presentation of the family drama and life in Japan after WW2 are as good as the depiction of the monster. However, the melodrama went a bit overboard and the usual lagging we see in Japanese films are still here. Good, but not as good as Shin Godzilla

| Original Score: 7 | Jul 14, 2024

In Japan, the monster gives food for thought: it offers pretexts to illuminate dark passages of history, to explore the complexities that exist in some human beings, to denounce and expose guilt. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 8, 2024

"In the US, we see a lot of advanced technology, mumbo-jumbo, and things that aren't exactly grounded in reality to help defeat an undefeatable monster, but that's why this period piece is so cool. We're really just using what we have.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 8, 2024

Godzilla Minus One proves once again that big tent-pole filmmaking is not Hollywood’s playground.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 3, 2024

Spectacular effects work stands alongside a beautiful story of human resilience in the wake of war. A strong cast of characters keeps us grounded amid the scenes of impressive yet restrained kaiju destruction.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 26, 2024

Almost all the men are veterans who’ve seen the horrors behind the old lie, Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (“It’s sweet and fitting to die for one’s country”). . . . “Not having been to war is something to be proud of[.]”

| Jun 26, 2024

I love this movie and call it a hidden-gem of a film.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jun 25, 2024

If you like film, you should watch it. If you do not enjoy it, I’m not sure there is much anybody can do for you.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Jun 20, 2024

Good movie, highly enjoyable. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 18, 2024

It propels the franchise to new heights and reaffirms Godzilla as the undisputed king of the monsters. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 16, 2024

Godzilla Minus One is worth watching. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 12, 2024

Perhaps Godzilla Minus One has too many melodramatic moments. But Godzilla emerges from the depths of the sea and creates wonderment. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 10, 2024

This love letter to ordinary Japanese citizens who pull together to get the country out of hard times succeeds in delivering genuine emotion along with monster action.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 6, 2024

Despite the film’s charming background and ostensible small size, Minus One is tapping into the same thrills of blockbuster filmmaking with the support of hard-earned pathos.

| Jun 6, 2024