Although it's clear Tyler Perry has taken more pains than usual with the relevant recuperation, The Six Triple Eight suffers from unbearable moments of earnestness and schmaltz, while an obvious lack of research undermines a handful of women who...

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 21, 2025

Easily delivering on the big emotional beats, The Six Triple Eight is a natural crowd pleaser.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 3, 2025

Despite its shortcomings, The Six Triple Eight is a crucial piece of history told in an affecting way. Just because it all should be better doesn't mean it's not still enough.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 28, 2025

The Six Triple Eight tells a realistic story based on facts and first-person accounts from the 6888th Battalion, delivering an emotional tale of forgotten women of color.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 17, 2025

It was an informative watch, but Kerry Washington... can act.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 3, 2025

It’s full of heart and has a story worth exposing to more people. And yet, Perry’s shortcomings as a filmmaker hold this film back from being stronger.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 8, 2025

[Perry] can manage these soapy romantic beats, but charging the overall story with even the slightest hint of dramatic tension is beyond him.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 8, 2025

When it comes to material requiring a deft dramatic hand, writer/director Tyler Perry rarely answers the call of duty. You could throw it on in the background this Christmas without too much fuss, though the women on screen might deserve better.

| Jan 4, 2025

Ample room is made for mustering speeches and teary-eyed salutes, and while the story is indeed a worthy one, the cake is over-iced at times.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 3, 2025

The Six Triple Eight is very manipulative. Some parts of the film feel like an amateur stage play. The story makes it hard not to root for the characters, and the film ends on a high note.

| Jan 2, 2025

It may be deliberately crowd-pleasing, but the attention to detail makes the film both fascinating and essential.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 28, 2024

[The Six Triple Eight] delivers a smooth narrative that effectively captures the trials and triumphs of the Black women of the WAC during World War II.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 28, 2024

It's inspirational, compelling and historically significant despite Tyler Perry's pedantic dialogue and shamelessly manipulative direction, leading to the actors' somewhat stiff, stilted performances.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 27, 2024

“The Six Triple Eight” still feels like a small part of a much richer story… But Perry deserves credit for putting this moving real story to the screen even if it doesn’t get the full attention it deserves.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 24, 2024

I also just find it… interesting that a movie that is supposed to center the Black and brown women of this battalion was usurped by the love story of a dead white guy.

| Dec 24, 2024

This is an excellent idea for a movie, poorly executed.

| Dec 24, 2024

Unfortunately, Perry drenches the tale with his trademark syrupy ineptitude, creating a gloopy, turgid plodder. It doesn’t help that the performances are wildly uneven.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 24, 2024

Kerry Washington's scene-stealing performance boosts Tyler Perry's cumbersome but inspiring war drama.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 23, 2024

And yet, despite it all, when the Six Triple Eight get into their mail-sorting groove, it’s impossible not to root for them.

| Dec 23, 2024

Tyler Perry delivers his best work to date by sharing the inspirational journey of resilience, heart, and passion of the 6888th Battalion.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 23, 2024