Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: The third in a series of sci-fi epics that surges with an unflinching focus on spiritual matters.
- Francisco Cangiano @ CineXpress [Spanish]
- Matt Donato @ We Got This Covered
- Excerpt: While War for the Planet of the Apes’s third act is a bit hairy, the sequel helps cement the franchise as one of the more exciting mainstream properties worth watching.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Nguyen Le @ InSession Film
- Excerpt: As simians and Homo sapiens touch base with their lowest, the Planet of the Apes’ prequel series reaches its peak in quality.
- Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper
- Excerpt: Reeves would have done well to trim this effort down to under two hours, but it still develops the apes more than previous films.
- Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight
- Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: Dear Hollywood, please make more big, special effects laden tentpoles like this.
- Simon Miraudo @ Student Edge
- Jared Mobarak @ BuffaloVibe
- Excerpt: The end result isn’t quite as effective as Dawn before it, but War delivers the emotional heft to bring the trilogy full circle. Can we give Serkis an Oscar nomination yet?
- Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Kristy Puchko @ CBR.com
- Excerpt: amid all his big ideas, Reeves lost touch with the property’s humanity, creating an impressive but cold epic.
- James Roberts @ Glide Magazine
- Excerpt: Reeves manages to balance nuanced themes—the effects of war, the need for peace, the love of family—in a taut, narratively intriguing way.
- Robert Yaniz Jr. @ Crooked Table
