Bruiser
Disney+ | Release Date (Streaming): February 24, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpFeb 27, 2023
Warren’s craftsmanship keeps the audience from swallowing a breath. He’s a merciless filmmaker, deeply considerate of his choices in staging and casting. Read full review
80
Screen RantNadir SamaraFeb 24, 2023
The writing, direction, and acting are spectacular. The score by Robert Ouyang Rusli is stirring and never ceases to amaze. Among 2023's film entries, Bruiser stands among the year's best so far. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayFeb 24, 2023
If this gently philosophical film has a lesson for Darious — and for us — it’s that life is long and things change. The choices made yesterday don’t always have to define who we are today. Read full review
83
ColliderChase HutchinsonFeb 24, 2023
Though Bruiser doesn’t provide any easy resolutions, it's a beautifully shot work that grapples with fatherhood, masculinity, and growing up that emerges as a fittingly flawed cinematic gem. Read full review
83
The PlaylistRobert DanielsFeb 24, 2023
Bruiser is an anxious film filled with unmistakable beauty and obsessed with conceptions of family, love, growth, the past, and the future. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoFeb 24, 2023
It's a deeply empathetic film that displays an ability to balance the lyrical and the genuine while telling the story of a young man trying to figure himself out through two very different male role models in his life. Read full review
90
Film ThreatAlex SavelievFeb 23, 2023
Warren’s film may leave you bruised, but don’t let that stop you from seeking it out. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeFeb 23, 2023
Performances are what ultimately sets Bruiser apart as a debut and signal Warren’s potential as a director. Read full review
90
VarietyPeter DebrugeFeb 23, 2023
From the squarish Academy ratio and unconventional framing to composer Robert Ouyang Rusli’s tense, bracing-for-conflict score, Warren’s choices frequently surprise, building to an ending that does exactly the right thing with the showdown we could feel coming all along. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBrandon YuFeb 23, 2023
arren uses an assured hand in treating the family melodrama with the tenderness of a tone poem. For most of the film, he avoids painting in broad strokes while ratcheting up the conflict between Porter, a tattooed veteran living on a boat, and the bespectacled, seemingly upright Malcolm. Read full review
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