A film that deals more with heady emotional concepts than surviving a viral apocalypse, Maggie is the perfect actor’s showcase for a man long thought to have given up drama.

| Aug 3, 2023

It is such an interesting mix of subtle horror and emotional family drama.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2022

While Schwarzenegger brings undeniable weight to his portrayal, first-time screenwriter John Scott 3 gives the actor little to do, except walk around with a constipated expression and a heavy brow.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 21, 2022

A slight affair with little room for meandering, Maggie exists as a squarely predictable character piece with some relatively unpredictable central casting.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 4, 2019

Actually Arnold's casting in this role is a remarkable fit, taking advantage of the entire world's expectations and turning them on their head to create something that feels new.

| Feb 3, 2019

The film is precise, thoughtful, intelligent and heartfelt. In applying a new lens to a familiar genre, it feels bracingly different.

| Dec 19, 2018

It does an excellent job of telling an effective story of strong family bonds, that just happens to involve zombies.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 2, 2018

The connection between [Arnold Schwarzenegger] and Abigail Breslin is often very touching ... but the plot is thinly spread and the pacing drags too often.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Nov 2, 2018

Maggie has the necessary ingredients to draw itself away from being a typical undead outing, but they turn out to be the very thing that wounds it.

| Oct 10, 2018

Maggie is an event, a quiet, artistic and deeply felt performance that captures us when we are in a place we don't understand. Arnold pulls it off with heart and soul.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 31, 2018

[It] feels like a very long film. It drags and lapses into tedium.

| Aug 22, 2018

In a smart move, Schwarzenegger isn't given very many lines and mostly relies on facial expressions and body language to convey his inner pain.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 2, 2017

Despite Schwarzenegger's presence, this is not an action movie in the slightest, but a sombre account of loss in the most horrific circumstances, with the... haggard-looking Austrian stepping up to the plate to give a surprisingly affecting performance.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 22, 2017

There is potential for a touching film about goodbyes here, but debutant director Henry Hobson doesn't really pull it off.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 30, 2017

Who would have thought that Arnold Schwarzenegger would have such a tender side?

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 20, 2017

Maggie could have been a rare treat... Instead, what we get is a genuinely new take that winds up feeling, somehow, like the same old stuff we've seen a million times before.

| Jun 14, 2017

Unlike so many zombie movies before it, Maggie doesn't want its characters to take charge of their life. It's more interested in handing over the keys to their demise. That's what makes it so terrifying - and powerful.

| Jun 2, 2017

It's an interesting, admirable effort that just doesn't quite hold together at the end.

| Mar 13, 2017

I'm all for thoughtful, character-driven genre films, but Maggie just drags.

| Nov 11, 2016

Maggie is beautifully shot. Hobson and director of photography Lukas Ettlin make excellent use of natural lighting to create a mood of disaster and despair.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 14, 2016