Jonah Hill delivers one of his best performances

Full Review | Aug 7, 2023

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but it is also lazily standing on the shoulders of giants. Thats the impact and existence of Todd Phillipss War Dogs in a gun err nutshell.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 8, 2022

Plain laziness.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jun 30, 2021

With no real spectacle to behold, no strong message or lesson, War Dogs is a bit deflated, though the Hill Teller dynamic duo keeps some life and charm...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 3, 2021

You'll go along for the ride.

Full Review | Feb 16, 2021

Tthe whole thing has a breezy, surprisingly low-stakes "isn't the system really at fault here?" feel to it. Which makes War Dogs an enjoyably goofy, if rote, look at the banality of war profiteering.

Full Review | Jan 5, 2021

While I do consider War Dogs one of Todd Phillips' best movies, it could've been a better one if it had something on its mind.

Full Review | Dec 23, 2020

There's something intriguing about average guys with desk jobs spontaneously transforming into literal gun runners through war-torn Iraq.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 5, 2020

Don't expect anything special or some eye-opening revelation. War Dogs shouldn't come as a surprise. Just enjoy the cautionary tale of this crazy journey and the brilliant performance by Jonah Hill.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2020

War Dogs isn't a game-changer by any definition... but as a calling card for a filmmaker seeking a jump to the big leagues, it demands to be considered. And God bless the deliciously ambiguous ending.

Full Review | Mar 31, 2020

Is War Dogs supposed to be a comedy? Some sort of satire? A sobering indictment? Phillips tries to make it all of these things at different points throughout the movie, and the cumulative effect doesn't work.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 23, 2020

Thanks to Jonah Hill and Miles Teller, this film, based on a true story, is funny, disgusting, tense, troubling but it's also very watchable.

Full Review | Oct 23, 2019

Director Todd Phillips graduates from schtick comedy to more serious subject matter with this film but still manages to interject moments of "slapstick" that remind you of his previous success.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 27, 2019

Efraim and David's casual callousness is supposed to be funny... But the uncomfortable truth is that War Dogs, perhaps unconsciously, provides an accurate picture of current US attitudes towards war.

Full Review | Sep 16, 2019

Comparable to The Big Short in its appeal, but with a little less meat for financial wonks and a little more weed.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 20, 2019

War Dogs struggles a bit with its identity, seemingly unsure whether it wants to be a comedy or a drama and thus winding up in a bit of a muddy middle. Still, the dynamic between [Miles] Teller and [Jonah] Hill goes a long way.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 15, 2019

These are some ugly people, doing ugly things for money, and for that "War Dogs" does its job of making the audience see a side of America that surely no one wants to talk about.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jan 15, 2019

WAR DOGS is a mixed bag of great lines of snappy dialogue and a couple of truly intense scenes, yet somehow (aside from Jonah Hill) it all seems half-baked with several empty spaces to fill.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Dec 10, 2018

The only reason to see this film is for Jonah Hill's performance. Those are twelve words I never in my life thought I'd say.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Dec 7, 2018

War Dogs was a much more substantial film than I ever expected from the trailers.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 2, 2018