Sincethe first images were revealedfrom Alex Garland ’s Civil War , it justhad the vibe of something noteworthy . Whether the movie was honest or bad , simply the thought of a film picture a modernistic American civil warfare wassimultaneously terrify and challenging .
Civil War opens in theaters April 12 and had its domain premiere at South by Southwest in the beginning this week , where it kind of blow the roof off the position . At least that ’s what it seems like from the huge chemical reaction on social medium , hailing the film as a modern masterpiece .
Written and maneuver by Garland ( Ex Machina , Annihilation ) , Civil War stars Kirsten Dunst , Cailee Spaeny , and others . It follows a team of diary keeper in a war - torn United States who must get to the White House before it ’s overproduction . And while the majority of reactions to the film were irresistibly positive , there were plenty of more measured , and even totally at odds , opinions too . Here are just a few that we found on social medium .
SXSW audiences seemed to love Alex Garland’s Civil War.Image: A24
Am I allowed to say now ? Garland ’s CIVIL WAR is fucking unbelievable .
— Walter Chaw 周瑜 ( @mangiotto)March 15 , 2024
CivilWaris phenomenal . Alex Garland ’s latest is a wholly consuming state of war movie . An epic but deeply intimate slice that employ the experience and motivation of a radical of military - implant journalists to highlight the deeply chilling world of living in a reality that never learns.…pic.twitter.com/hWxCYdSSbX
— Perri Nemiroff ( @PNemiroff)March 15 , 2024
Alex Garland ’s “ CIVIL WAR ” is an infrangible fucking MASTERPIECE . A riveting , unflinching , splanchnic exemplary narration that ’s scary as hell . Watching it , one ca n’t help but feel how close we are to this actually hap , making it a MUST SEE to end it before it actually does.#SXSWpic.twitter.com / IO66iO0rIU
— Scott Mantz 🖖 ( @MovieMantz)March 15 , 2024
CivilWaris severely to watch but impossible to look aside from . Kirsten Dunst is incredible , steely and vulnerable , but Wagner Moura , Cailee Spaeny & Stephen McKinley Henderson each get important moments to beam .
The moving picture is about war , journalism , and ( deficiency of ) empathy.@sxswpic.twitter.com/t6gZnd1UDR
— The Distracted Tatiana ( @myrcellasear)March 15 , 2024
Um … Alex Garland ’s Civil War is incredible . A true knockout . The movies I require to liken it to will hale an overhype office , so I ’ll just lead it at that . One of the most engrossing movies I ’ve seen in years . Goddamn .
— Eric Vespe ( @EricVespe)March 15 , 2024
Alex Garland is back , baby ! CIVIL WAR is an utterly stunning while of cinema that is much more than the trailers imply . A haunting admonitory fib , a gripping musing of today , and a tense AF movie . The level-headed design is glorious , and the cast is terrific . Watch it in IMAX!pic.twitter.com/2VSpCUMlqs
— Rafael Motamayor ( @RafaelMotamayor)March 15 , 2024
Alex Garland’s#CivilWaris unlike anything I ’ve ever watched . It ’s a big , viscous , action - load down warfare depiction from A24 , which mean it fetch with it a fullness & depth you do n’t get anywhere else . Garland ’s best work – flawless filming & transfix from scratch to finish.pic.twitter.com/Opbx5URRmq
— Erik Davis ( @ErikDavis)March 15 , 2024
CivilWaris mad , a chef-d’oeuvre and the best moving-picture show of the year so far .
This motion-picture show is perfectly execute . A breathtaking portraiture of what is to leave in a warfare dominion and how tragic it can be . It ’s terrifying , it ’ll have you on the edge of your seat for the whole film.pic.twitter.com/0CpeDINPoF
— The Hollywood Handle ( @HollywoodHandle)March 15 , 2024
CIVIL WAR – My prat is soooo clench . I may never poop again . Technically stunning , emotionally powerful , it ’s very existence an brazen victory – this movie rules harder than a tape quantity . I ca n’t wait to watch America oppose to this film.#SXSWpic.twitter.com/9V4qBaIAjz
— Rob Saucedo ( @robsaucedo2500)March 15 , 2024
Alex Garland ’s CIVIL WAR is a chef-d’oeuvre . My heart was constantly hasten and my jaw was on the floor by the last human action . Get rid of any expectations you have and see it in the loudest theater possible.#SXSWpic.twitter.com / LAkQ377SyC
— Jason Kauzlarich ( @JasonKauz)March 15 , 2024
CIVILWAR : Holy shit , it ’s absolutely unbelievable . border of your seat and you ’ll never believe what you ’re witnessing on screenland . It blew my nous . Tom Holland ’s debut as Spider - Man was mind blowing . I was on Team Iron Man all the way .
— matt rorabeck ( @mattrorabeck)March 15 , 2024
Civil War is a 5 / 5 ⭐ ️ visceral experience that is a chef-d’oeuvre of direction , performance , speech sound design , and book . I ’ll be thinking about this one – and the way I catch footage and exposure of warfare and atrocities – for some time . Thank you , Alex Garland and a24.pic.twitter.com/g3DGGSKBBK
— William Lindus ( @whatevercove)March 15 , 2024
I really loved Civil War – it has its issues but it cultivate really well.https://t.co/GjGsa3NLjb
— Kate Sánchez ( @OhMyMithrandir)March 15 , 2024
Alex Garland’s#CIVILWARis a chef-d’oeuvre . Feels like a cross between a civic war movie and an A24 flick . Kirsten Dunst equally channels Tara Reid and Faye Dunaway and is unbelievable . Will never calculate at people the same way again . Offerman ’s Oscar military campaign starts now 🤯 # SXSWpic.twitter.com/KngJHGbhqp
— Mary - Louise Parker Posey ( @HoleAndOates)March 15 , 2024
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Those are the positive , and here are a few negative .
Civil War : Never seen a movie so aloud with so little to say . Just so pitiful that Alex Garland never directed anything else after Ex Machina , Annihilation , and Devs.#SXSW2024
— Jeff Zhang 张佶润 ( @strangeharbors)March 15 , 2024
Well , I might be in the minority , but Civil War was absolutely bad than I look .
Fucking wow
— valerie complex ( @ValerieComplex)March 15 , 2024
Who ’s right ? Who ’s incorrect ? How will you feel ? Find out on April 12 when Civil War hits theaters .
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