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“Peter Berg’s brutal and concussive “ The Mosquito Bowl ” is definitely one of them!”
“Grade: C Netflix will release “The Mosquito Bowl” in theaters on Friday, October 30.”
“Smith only seem to care about their characters as a means to an end.”
“Little is made of their civilian celebrity, and even less of their individual decisions to enlist.”
“He’s got sad eyes, a square jaw, and a brunette girlfriend, which is more than you can say for Bob Baumann (Bill Skarsgård), who has a devil-may-care attitude that disappears real quick once his unit makes land on Tawara.”
“Incidentally, he’s the only one of these men who was heading to the pros before the war got in the way.”
“By David Ehrlich Plus icon David Ehrlich davidehrlich More stories by David ‘Possible Love’ Review: Two Married Couples Begin to Covet Each Others’ Lives in the Latest Stunner from ‘Burning’ Director Lee Chang-dong Read more ‘Wildwood’ Review: Laika’s Epic Stop-Motion Wonder Lacks the Magic of the Studio’s Best Movies Read more ‘A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra’ Review: A Cosmic and Magnificent Coming-of-Age Movie Defies Expectations at Every Turn Read more October 27, 2026 2:30 pm Add us as a Google Preferred Source 'The Mosquito Bowl' Netflix Share Share on Facebook Post Share on LinkedIn Show more sharing options Submit to Reddit Pin it Post to Tumblr Email Print This Page Share on WhatsApp There have been any number of movies about the hell of fighting in World War II , the most visceral of which have been made in the years since “Saving Private Ryan” provided a very enduring template for how modern filmmakers could render that carnage with both the spectacle of a blockbuster and the horror of a memory.”
“(The movie opens with a sustained flash-forward of John staring longingly at an empty football field as “Friday Night Lights” veterans Explosions in the Sky layer their post-rock shimmer over the soundtrack).”
“What differentiates this unsparing epic from the scores of other stories about the Greatest Generation, however, is that some of its characters are good at football.”
“No one could ever say that it’s not.”
“The project’s anti-war ethos is solely conveyed by reducing collegiate legends into cannon fodder, as the movie is considerably less interested in what bonds these boys together than it is in the shells that blast them apart.”
“The problem is that, in stark contrast to Bissinger, Berg and co-writer Mark L.”
“But then the war comes to Hawaii, a match-cut turns a flock of birds into some fighter jets, and these beloved football stars all find themselves rendered nearly anonymous by the sea of shaved heads that are waiting for them at book.”
“Powered by WordPress.com VIP Film Review ‘The Mosquito Bowl’ Review: ‘Friday Night Lights’ Meets ‘Five Came Back’ in Peter Berg’s Formulaic Netflix Movie About a World War II Football Game Ray Nicholson and Bill Skarsgård star in an unexceptional sports drama that falls well short of a first down.”
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“Related Stories ‘The Gilded Age’ Review: Season 4 Is Team Bertha’s Time to Shine ‘I Play Rocky’ Wins Virginia Film Fest Audience Award as Peter Farrelly’s Stallone Drama Readies for Theaters And for the span of the eight-minute montage during which “The Mosquito Bowl” actually makes good on its title, it’s easy to picture how the famous scrimmage — fought between a roster of impossibly beautiful athletes in their primes — might have been used to backstop a story that accentuated the senseless waste of sending thousands of young men to their deaths.”