Critic’s Pick. “A nail-biter of a documentary.”
“The scariest documentary you’ll see this year. Something between a standard fly-on-the-wall documentary paced like a political thriller and a horror movie.”
“Nerve-wracking. Serves as a warning that if history repeats itself, the difference between doing so as farce or tragedy rests on a knife’s edge.”
“A bracing reminder. Registers with full force as a realistic depiction of a nightmarish scenario that could easily occur just a few months from now.“
“The chilling War Game is very much trying to capture a toxic trait of American democracy without falling into the pit of ideology.”
“The movie takes viewers inside the three branches of the simulation, showcasing the intense decision-making techniques of people who’ve actually been read-in on some of the gravest moments in our country’s recent history.”
“As fascinating as it is terrifying.”
“An almost-real political thriller that marries improvisational theater and dystopian science fiction to add up to a sobering documentary about our current political reality”
THE WASHINGTON POST – September 27, 2024: “‘Why the makers of ‘War Game’ fear we’re headed for a second Jan. 6,” by Jada Yuan
THE WASHINGTON POST – August 29, 2024: “‘War Game’ is January 6 all over again,” by Michael O’Sullivan
DEADLINE – August 5, 2024: Specialty Box Office Report by Jill Goldsmith
DEADLINE – August 2, 2024: Specialty Box Office Preview by Jill Goldsmith
FORBES – August 2, 2024: ‘War Game’ Documentary Examines ‘What Is Sacred In Our Democracy’ by Simon Thompson
ROLLING STONE – August 2, 2024: “‘War Game’ Is the Scariest Documentary You’ll See This Year,” by David Fear
THE NEW YORK TIMES – August 1, 2024: “‘War Game’ Review: It Can’t Happen Here (Right?),” by Manohla Dargis
DEADLINE – July 26, 2024: Sen. Doug Jones on ElectionLine podcast
VARIETY – June 26, 2024: Sundance Film ‘War Game’ Picked Up By Submarine Deluxe & Decal Releasing; Chilling Jan. 6 Redux Pic Set For August Big Screen Release (Exclusive) – by Addie Morefoot
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – July 31, 2024: “‘War Game’ Review: Bracing Political Doc Tests Readiness for an Eerily Familiar Threat From Within,” by Frank Scheck
DEADLINE – June 14, 2024: Sundance Film ‘War Game’ Picked Up By Submarine Deluxe & Decal Releasing: Chilling Jan. 6 Redux Pic Set For August Big Screen Release
VARIETY – May 21, 2024: HamptonsFilm Unveils Its SummerDocs Slate Featuring ‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story'(EXCLUSIVE) By Addie Morfoot
VARIETY – May 1, 2024: “DC/Dox Film Festival Unveils Second Annual Lineup (EXCLUSIVE) by Addie Morfoot
VARIETY – April 30, 2024: “From Devo to women’s soccer, Doc10 film fest shows us the real world” by Rick Kogan
VARIETY – April 3, 2024: “Doc10 Unveils Its Lineup, Led by Chris Smith’s ‘Devo’ Movie (EXCLUSIVE)”
VARIETY – March 20, 2024: “‘War Game’ Review: An Intense Documentary Maps Out What the Next Jan. 6 Might Look Like” by Siddhant Adlakha
THE WASHINGTON POST – January 24, 2024: “What if Jan. 6 happened again, only much, much worse?” by Jada Yuan
DEADLINE – January 24, 2024: “War Game” by Dominic Patten
DEADLINE – January 23, 2024: ‘Jan. 6 Insurgency Redux: More Than Trump ‘The Worse Enemy…Is Denial’ Ex-Senator Warns; Sundance Film ‘War Game’ Plays Out 2025 Military Revolt” by Dominic Patten
THE NATION – September 6, 2024: “War Game Offers a Glimpse of What May Happen if Trump Loses” by Sasha Abramsky
THE GIST PODCAST – August 31, 2024: “Gaming Out Insurrection” by Mike Pesca
WNYC: NOTES FROM AMERICA – August 29, 2024: “The Next Insurrection Could Be Led By Extremists in the U.S. Military. Are We Ready?” by Kai Wright
THE MIDDLE – August 29, 2024: “What if another January 6th happens – only worse?” by Jeremy Hobson
KMUW – August 29, 2024: “‘War Game’ plays out an ominous scene,” by Fletcher Powell
48 HILLS – August 28, 2024: “Screen Grabs: Will chilling ‘War Game’ become a reality?” by Dennis Harvey
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE | DATEBOOK – August 27, 2024: “Review: ‘War Game’ imagines a Jan. 6 insurrection even worse than 2021,” by Mick LaSalle
JANA ON CAMERA – August 27, 2024: “WAR GAME | Interview with CEO Vet Voice Foundation Janessa Goldbeck- Are We Ready For The Election?” by Jana Nagase
FILMSPOTTING – August 26, 2024: “#979: Apocalypse Now at 45, Alien: Romulus, Daughters, War Game,” by Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen
LAWFARE – CHATTER PODCAST – August 20, 2024: “Chatter: Gaming Out an Insurrection with Jesse Moss” by Shane Harris
THE NO FILM SCHOOL PODCAST – August 15, 2024: “‘War Game’ Directors Jesse Moss & Tony Gerber on Fearless Collaboration, Plus Comic-Con & Experimental Films”
FILM SCHOOL RADIO – August 13, 2024: “War Game – Co-directors Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber,” by Mike Kaspar
By Mike Kaspar
THE CURVY FILM CRITIC – August 12, 2024: “#WarGameFilm Janessa Goldbeck Shares Why Misinformation is Dangerous” by Carla Renata
LAIST | FILM WEEK – August 10, 2024: “AUDIO: Interview with Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber,” by Austin Cross
GRIERSON & LEITCH – August 9, 2024: “The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: ‘Trap,’ ‘War Game’ and ‘Cutter’s Way’” by Will Grierson and Tim Leitch
EVERY MOVIE HAS A LESSON – August 8, 2024: “DOCUMENTARY REVIEW: War Game” by Don Shanahan
SCREENRANT – August 8, 2024: “Take A Closer Look At The January 6th Insurrection With A Clip From New Documentary War Game,” Tatiana Hullender
MSNBC | MORNING JOE – August 8, 2024: Interview with Tony Gerber
ASSOCIATED PRESS – August 7, 2024: “Could another insurrection happen in January? This film imagines what if,” by Jake Coyle
REVERSE SHOT – August 7, 2024: “The Enemy Within,” By Gavin Smith
FILM THREAT – August 7, 2024: “War Game,” by Perry Norton
THE STEPHANIE MILLER SHOW – August 6, 2024: Interview with Tony Gerber and Alexander Vindman on Free Speech TV
NEXT BEST PICTURE – August 6, 2024: “The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With ‘War Game’ Directors Jesse Moss & Tony Gerber” by Daniel Howat
CBS NEWS THE TAKEOUT – August 5, 2024: Interview with Jesse Moss, Tony Gerber, and Janessa Goldbeck By Major Garrett
PASTE MAGAZINE – August 5, 2024: “Thrilling Doc War Game Workshops the Plausibility of a Military Coup—on U.S. Soil, for Once,” by Natalia Keogan
GEEK VIBES NATION – August 5, 2024: War Game’ Review – Truth Is Scarier Than Fiction In High-Stakes Look At Threats To American Democracy” by Phil Walsh
NPR | ALL THINGS CONSIDERED – August 5, 2024: “AUDIO: Interview with Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss,”By Mary Louise Kelly
CREATIVE SCREENWRITING – August 5, 2024: “’Who’s The Real Patriot?’ Tony Gerber & Jesse Moss Simulate The January 6 Insurrection in ‘War Game’” by James Sarantinos
THE CURVY FILM CRITIC – August 5, 2024: “How War Games Predict Insurrections & Democracy’s Collapse” by Carla Renata
MOVEABLE FEST – August 5, 2024; “Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss on a Battle of Perception in ‘War Game’” by Stephen Saito
CINEMADDICTS PODCAST – August 4, 2024: “’WAR GAME’ Movie Review – An ‘Incredibly Fascinating’ Exploration Of High Stakes American Democracy” by Greg Srisavasdi, Bruce Purkey, and Eric Holmes
AWARDS RADAR – August 3, 2024l “Interview: Janessa Goldbeck Explains the Purpose of a ‘War Game’” by Joey Magidson
THE WASTELAND REVIEWER – August 3, 2024: “War Game (2024) – Wasteland Documentary Film Review” by Shane Conto
LRM ONLINE – August 3, 2024: “Janessa Goldbeck Interview for War Game” by Gig Patta
WNYC | ALL OF IT – August 2, 2024: “‘War Game’ Simulates a Political Coup After 2024 Election,” by Kousha Navidar
THE A.V. CLUB – August 2, 2024: “War Game depressingly stress tests American democracy,” by Brent Simon
THE GUARDIAN – August 2, 2024: “‘It’s not a theoretical proposition’: the ‘war game’ imagining a coup in the US,” by Adrian Horton
NEXT BEST PICTURE – August 2, 2024: “WAR GAME” by Daniel Howat
NONFICS – August 2, 2024: This Week In Documentary: ‘War Game’
LRM ONLINE – August 2, 2024: “Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber Interview for War Game” by Gig Patta
AWARDS RADAR – August 1, 2024: “Interview: ‘War Game’ Filmmakers Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss Discuss Getting This Documentary Made” by Joey Magidson
ROGER EBERT – August 1, 2024: “War Game” by Nell Minow
COLLIDER – August 1, 2024: The Insurrection Begins in ‘War Game’ Sneak Peek [Exclusive]
FILM FORWARD – August 1, 2024: “War Game” by Andrew Plimpton
FILM FORUM PRESENTS – August 1, 2024: “WAR GAME – Jesse Moss, Tony Gerber & Gov. Steve Bullock” by Sonya Chung
MARK REVIEWS MOVIES – August 1, 2024: “WAR GAME” by Mark Dujsik
THE FILM STAGE – August 1, 2024: “15 Films to See in August,” by Staff
FILMMAKER MAGAZINE – August 1, 2024: ““I Can’t Run a Control Experiment with No Cameras”: Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber on War Game,” by Dan Schindel
AWARDS RADAR – July 31, 2024: “Film Review: ‘War Game’ Captivatingly Depicts Six Hours Meant to Potentially Save Democracy” by Joey Magidson
LOUD AND CLEAR – July 30, 2024: “War Game Film Review: Engaging Warning Shot” by Daniel Allen
MOVIE BOOZER – July 31, 2024: “War Game (2024) Movie Drinking Game & Review” by Zach Jeremiah
NYC MOVIE GURU – July 30, 2024: “Reviews for August 2nd, 2024” by Avi Offer
SLANT – July 27, 2024: “‘War Game’ Review: Role-Playing an Insurrection” by Chris Barsanti (2 OUT OF 4)
EAST HAMPTON PRESS – July 18, 2024: “Political Thriller,” by Annette Hinkle
SOUTHAMPTON PRESS – July 18, 2024: “Political Thriller,” by Annette Hinkle
27EAST – July 16, 2024: “‘War Game’ Is a Political Thriller That Offers a Stark Look at the 2024 Election,” by Annette Hinkle
MILITARY.COM – July 11, 2024: “The US Government Responds to a Military-Back Coup in New Documentary ‘WAR GAME’ – by Blake Stilwell
BERKSHIREEDGE – June 26, 2024: A cinematic call to action to screen ‘War Game’ – by Sarah Wright
WORLD SCREEN – June 17, 2024: Submarine Deluxe & Decal Releasing Acquire War Game
PLAYBACK – June 17, 2024: Submarine Deluxe & Decal Releasing Acquire War Game (PDF)
REALSCREEN – June 14, 2024: Extra: Submarine Deluxe, Decal acquire “War Game” (PDF)
AWARDSRADAR.COM – May 21, 2024: HamptonsFilm Announces Their 2024 SummerDocs Series Lineup
27EAST – May 21, 2024: HamptonsFilm Announces Its 2024 SummerDocs Series
THE EAST HAMPTON STAR – May 21, 2024: SummerDocs Aim High by Mark Segal
INDIEWIRE – May 7, 2024: Rooftop Films 2024 Summer Series: Get the Full Lineup by Samantha Bergeson
LAIST – May 6, 2024: Best Things To Do This Week In Los Angeles And Southern California: May 6 – 9 by Laura Hertzfeld
LATIMES – May 4, 2024: Star Wars fun, Alice Wang’s extraterrestrial art and more out-of-this-world L.A. culture By Jessica Gelt, Mark Swed, Christopher Knight, August Brown and Craig Nakano
HOLLYWOODCHICAGO.COM – May 4, 2024: 2024 DOC10 Closing Night FIlm is ‘War Game’’ on May 5th by Patrick McDonald
WBEZ CHICAGO – May 2, 2024: “The best documentaries of 2024 can be found at this Chicago Film Festival” – by Graham Meyer
WGN-AM – April 29, 2024: “New documentary film explores what the next Jan. 6 might look like” by John Williams
ROTTEN TOMATOES – February 7, 2024: “15 Best Documentaries We Saw at Sundance 2024” by Erik Childress
ARTS FUSE – February 4, 2024: “Film Reviews: Outstanding Sundance Docs – The Congo, Natural Beauty in Ukraine, and a New White House Siege” by David D’Arcy
USA TODAY – February 2, 2024: “Sundance Film Festival 2024 Dispatch, Part Two: Sue Bird, Jesse Eisenberg, politicians in a simulation” by Cory Woodruff
NO FILM SCHOOL – February 2, 2024: “Lollapalooza, Oil, & Life-Or-Death Stakes: These Sundance Doc Directors Wear All the Hats”
THE LAST THING I SAW – January 31, 2024: “EP 223: Manohla Dargis and Amy Taubin on Sundance 2024” by Nic Rapold, Manohla Dargis (NYT) and Amy Taubin
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL – January 30, 2024: “Ten documentaries to watch from Sundance 2024”
/ FILM – January 29, 2024: “One Of 2024’s Scariest Movies Isn’t Horror – And It’s Ripped From The Headlines” by Ben Pearson
/ FILM – January 29, 2024: “Every Movie We Saw At Sundance 2024, From Must-Sees To The Totally Forgettable” by Ben Pearson
THIRD COAST REVIEW – January 29, 2024: Dispatch: At Sundance Film Festival, Two Films Don’t Go Quite Far Enough in their Respective Subject Matters” by Zachary Lee
NO FILM SCHOOL – January 29, 2024: “How This Team Captured a Live ‘War Game’” by Jo Light
CNN – January 27, 2024: Interview by Jim Acosta with Jesse Moss, Tony Gerber and Gov. Steve Bullock.
VULTURE – January 27, 2024: “The 14 Best Movies We Saw This Year at Sundance” by Bilge Ebiri and Rebecca Alter
CBS NEWS – January 27, 2024: “More highlights from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival” by David Morgan
THE HILL – January 27, 2024: “Former senator says new film shows ‘how close’ we came to losing democracy on Jan. 6” by Filip Timotija
INDIEWIRE – January 26, 2024: “Insurrection Response Exercise ‘War Game’ Became So Real, Government Officials Forgot It Was a Documentary”
VULTURE – January 26, 2022: “The Chilling War Game Shows Us What America’s Next Insurrection Might Look Like” by Bilge Ebiri
TOWNLIFT – January 24, 2024: “Governor, Senator, General, FBI, CIA, DHS, FEMA play ‘War Game’ at Sundance Film Festival” by Michele Roepke
SCREEN ZEALOTS – January 24, 2024: “War Game” by Louisa Moore
THE DAILY BEAST – January 23, 2024: “‘War Game’ is Pure Nightmare Fuel About 2024 Election Riots” by Nick Schager
DAILY BRUIN – January 22, 2024: Sundance 2024 Q&A: Producer Mark DiCristofaro on transcending traditional documentary with ‘War Game’ by Katy Nicholas
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL – January 23, 2024: “‘War Game’: Sundance Review” by Anthony Kaufman
INDIEWIRE – January 23, 2024: “‘War Game’ Review: Insurrection Simulation Documentary Plays Out Like an Aaron Sorkin-Themed Escape Room” by Christian Zilko
THE PLAYLIST – January 23, 2024: “‘War Game’ Review: Jesse Moss’ Role-Playing Insurrection Exercise Plays Like a Riveting Political Thriller [Sundance]”
SLATE – January 23, 2024: “War Game Shows a Simulation of a Coup After the 2024 Election. The Results Are Not Reassuring” by Sam Adams
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE – January 23, 2024: “Jan. 6 Role-play Film ‘War Game’ Brings ‘Terrifying’ Warning to Sundance” by Andrew Marszal
THE GUARDIAN – January 22, 2024: “‘Think about the unthinkable’: could the US handle an even worse January 6?” by Adrian Horton
KCPW RADIO – January 21, 2024: “‘War Game’ serves as a wake-up call for safeguarding American democracy” by Leslie Thatcher and David D’Arcy
VULTURE – January 19, 2024: “21 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at This Year’s Sundance Film Festival” by Bilge Ebiri and Rebecca Alter
FILMMAKER MAGAZINE – January 25, 2024: “Sundance 2024: Devo, War Game, Girls State” by Vadim Rizov
KPCW – January 25, 2024: “Sundance ’24 Review | ‘War Game'” by Linda Jager
THE MOVEABLE FEST – January 25, 2024: “Sundance 2024 Review: ‘War Game’ Reveals the Real Threats to Democracy” by Stephen Saito
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE – January 19, 2024: “L’intelligence artificielle partage l’affiche avec les vedettes” by Andrew Marszal
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL – January 23, 2024: “Docu-thriller follows a security simulation of a far-right groups attempt to overthrow a newly-elected president”