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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Village VoiceMichael NordineVillage VoiceMichael NordineLike a feature-length Saturday morning cartoon with dashes of violence so graphic you'd swear you'd just stepped into Ralph Bakshi's Wizards. Which isn't to say that Goliath is good so much as compellingly weird on occasion.
- 50The DissolveChris KlimekThe DissolveChris KlimekDirector Joe Pearson (who also has a mysterious “created by” credit) and screenwriter David Abramowitz have ginned up a fan-fiction-y premise that suggests much more apocalyptic fun than it ultimately delivers.
- 40The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerConsidering that the fate of humankind is at stake, War of the Worlds: Goliath is remarkably uninvolving.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyRote character writing, voicing and animation devalue the more impressive design elements of Joe Pearson’s long-aborning project.
- 38RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comThe main takeaway from War of the Worlds Goliath is that such a yearning still burns in some folks. If its articulation here were more compelling, it might have struck me as stirring rather than merely odd.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe proceedings quickly degenerate into deafening video game-style fiery mayhem featuring endless explosions and depictions of human combatants melted into anguished looking skeletons.
- 20Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiLos Angeles TimesMartin TsaiWar of the Worlds: Goliath is just a few cereal commercials shy of a pointlessly cartoon marathon — violent, messily drawn and lifelessly dragging.