An electric battle of wits with a script that offers only a surface level, uneven treatment of its three subjects.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2022

An illuminating tale in need of more direct (narrative) current.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 16, 2021

In a world of staid biopics ... I'm pleasantly surprised that The Current War is an electric film (pun intended).

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 12, 2021

This movie is very low energy, unfortunately.... It's interesting but there is no inherent conflict.

| Jun 16, 2021

The Current War is instructive and lively, bolstered by the talents of Cumberbatch and Shannon in particular.

| Aug 6, 2020

Benedict Cumberbatch as boyish, blustery Edison and Michael Shannon as the reserved, ruminative Westinghouse - provide the juice to make this history lesson shine.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 29, 2020

It doesn't matter that it has some ironic dialogues and remarkable moments with the acting duel, it's evident that it loses energy in the second half. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 28, 2020

Overall, the movie lacks the voltage necessary to relate this epic tale in the manner it deserves.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 15, 2020

... frankly, it's a mixed bag. The Current War manages to be both energetic and poignant, while somehow undeniably shallow.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 15, 2020

Fuelled by impressive performances from a sensational cast, The Current War is a sturdy, well-paced historical drama. The production values - its set design, cinematography, costumes - are particularly winsome.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 6, 2020

[Director Alfonso] Gomez-Rejon unfolds [the story] elegantly and didactically. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 31, 2020

How exactly did so many name players and such apparently prestige material add up to something so weirdly unilluminating?

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 26, 2020

All the hallmarks of an Oscar contender are here, but the end result is such a terrible bore, beset by a dull screenplay that sucks the life out of this dazzling piece of history.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 21, 2020

It's a dizzying menu, aimed at eliminating any hint of fustiness and show that this is a story as modern as the rivalry between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. And I suppose it is. But it's also absorbing enough not to need any artificial means of support.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 18, 2020

Given the drama and determination behind the film, one could readily assume it's a drama worthy of its trouble. You'd think, wouldn't you?

| Mar 18, 2020

This is an interesting, well-filmed historical drama about a technological showdown that produced something we now all take for granted, as Edison predicted we would

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 13, 2020

Rejon does his best to liven up the material, employing all manner of stylistic flourishes - some delightful, some distracting, but can't overcome a script trying to do too much at once and not achieving much of any of it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 3, 2020

Shamefully, the women in the film don't seem to matter a damn. Neither spouse (played by Tuppence Middleton and Katherine Waterston) is given enough to do. It's ironic and telling that this was one of the last Weinstein Company films.

| Original Score: C- | Feb 25, 2020

All the right choices make the movie interesting. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jan 13, 2020

An epic reconstruction of one of the most crucial moments in the history of science and modern technologies. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 13, 2020