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Movie ID: 1286
RT slug: wild_horse_nine
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_horse_nine
Release year: 2026
Runtime: 118 mins
Wide release date: —
Limited release date: 2026-11-06
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: —
Tomatometer final: 90%
Audience score final: —
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Directors: Martin McDonagh
Writers: Martin McDonagh
Producers: Anita Overland, Graham Broadbent, Martin McDonagh, Peter Czernin
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-09-07 15:56:14
Updated: 2026-09-18 16:53:46
Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
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Canonical reviews: 92
Canonical fresh: 85
Canonical rotten: 7
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 92 (85/7), 92% (92.391% raw)
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-10-22 15:49:38
Snapshot Tomatometer: 92%
Snapshot review count: 92
Snapshot fresh count: 85
Snapshot rotten count: 7
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #4785 (full_snapshot)
| Company | Role |
|---|---|
| Searchlight Pictures | distributor |
| Blueprint Pictures | production |
| Film4 | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Malkovich | Chris |
| 2 | Sam Rockwell | Lee |
| 3 | Steve Buscemi | M. J. |
| 4 | Tom Waits | Chris' brother |
| 5 | Parker Posey | Marge |
| Batch ID | Status | Mode | Created | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1302 | processed | — | 2026-09-07 15:56:14 | Processed successfully into movie_id=1286 using update_mode=merge_non_empty. |
| Batch ID | Local Snapshot | UTC Snapshot | Entered % | Entered Count | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4785 | 2026-10-22 10:49:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-22 15:49:38 | 92% | 92 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 92 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=92, fresh=85, rotten=7, tomatometer=92%. Net new reviews added=0, fresh=0, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=93 reviews, 86 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.473%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (92). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (92%). |
| 4783 | 2026-10-22 10:01:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-22 15:01:11 | 92% | 92 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=93 reviews, 86 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.473%). WARNING: entered headline 92 reviews / 92% did not match current canonical totals 93 reviews / 92%. |
| 4779 | 2026-10-22 09:04:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-22 14:04:06 | 93% | 91 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 91 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=91, fresh=85, rotten=6, tomatometer=93%. Net new reviews added=0, fresh=0, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=92 reviews, 86 fresh, 6 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.478%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (91). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (93%). |
| 4775 | 2026-10-22 08:19:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-22 13:19:19 | 93% | 91 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=92 reviews, 86 fresh, 6 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.478%). WARNING: entered headline 91 reviews / 93% did not match current canonical totals 92 reviews / 93%. |
| 4744 | 2026-10-20 15:10:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-20 20:10:26 | 93% | 90 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=90 reviews, 84 fresh, 6 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.333%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (90 reviews, 93%). |
| 4667 | 2026-10-17 07:28:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-17 12:28:49 | 94% | 89 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=89 reviews, 84 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.382%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (89 reviews, 94%). |
| 4654 | 2026-10-16 15:11:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-16 20:11:40 | 94% | 87 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=87 reviews, 82 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.253%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (87 reviews, 94%). |
| 4622 | 2026-10-16 08:32:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-16 13:32:37 | 94% | 86 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=86 reviews, 81 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.186%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (86 reviews, 94%). |
| 4577 | 2026-10-15 10:20:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-15 15:20:20 | 94% | 84 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=84 reviews, 79 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.048%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (84 reviews, 94%). |
| 4570 | 2026-10-15 09:20:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-15 14:20:41 | 94% | 83 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=83 reviews, 78 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.976%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (83 reviews, 94%). |
| 4545 | 2026-10-14 16:59:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-14 21:59:24 | 94% | 82 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=82 reviews, 77 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.902%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (82 reviews, 94%). |
| 4525 | 2026-10-13 14:41:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-13 19:41:48 | 94% | 81 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=81 reviews, 76 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.827%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (81 reviews, 94%). |
| 4493 | 2026-10-12 10:49:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-12 15:49:19 | 94% | 80 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=80 reviews, 75 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.750%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (80 reviews, 94%). |
| 4469 | 2026-10-11 09:25:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-11 14:25:17 | 94% | 79 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=79 reviews, 74 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.671%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (79 reviews, 94%). |
| 4456 | 2026-10-10 08:49:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-10 13:49:11 | 94% | 78 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=78 reviews, 73 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.590%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (78 reviews, 94%). |
| 4447 | 2026-10-09 14:11:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-09 19:11:22 | 94% | 77 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=77 reviews, 72 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.506%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (77 reviews, 94%). |
| 4376 | 2026-10-06 12:50:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-06 17:50:37 | 93% | 76 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=76 reviews, 71 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.421%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (76 reviews, 93%). |
| 4374 | 2026-10-06 10:31:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-06 15:31:19 | 93% | 75 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=75 reviews, 70 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.333%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (75 reviews, 93%). |
| 4151 | 2026-09-29 06:10:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-29 11:10:51 | 95% | 74 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=74 reviews, 70 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=95% (94.595%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (74 reviews, 95%). |
| 4146 | 2026-09-28 13:30:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-28 18:30:47 | 95% | 73 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=73 reviews, 69 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=95% (94.521%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (73 reviews, 95%). |
| 4113 | 2026-09-27 09:20:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-27 14:20:34 | 94% | 72 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=72 reviews, 68 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.444%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (72 reviews, 94%). |
| 4068 | 2026-09-25 14:30:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-25 19:30:30 | 94% | 70 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=70 reviews, 66 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.286%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (70 reviews, 94%). |
| 4046 | 2026-09-25 10:41:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-25 15:41:12 | 94% | 69 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=69 reviews, 65 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.203%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (69 reviews, 94%). |
| 3959 | 2026-09-23 11:51:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-23 16:51:21 | 94% | 68 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=68 reviews, 64 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.118%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (68 reviews, 94%). |
| 3957 | 2026-09-23 11:40:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-23 16:40:40 | 94% | 68 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=66 reviews, 62 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.939%). WARNING: entered headline 68 reviews / 94% did not match current canonical totals 66 reviews / 94%. |
| 3919 | 2026-09-22 14:31:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-22 19:31:38 | 94% | 65 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=65 reviews, 61 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.846%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (65 reviews, 94%). |
| 3911 | 2026-09-22 12:36:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-22 17:36:44 | 94% | 64 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=64 reviews, 60 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.750%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (64 reviews, 94%). |
| 3895 | 2026-09-22 09:08:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-22 14:08:18 | 94% | 63 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=63 reviews, 59 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.651%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (63 reviews, 94%). |
| 3847 | 2026-09-19 12:01:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-19 17:01:12 | 94% | 62 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=62 reviews, 58 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.548%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (62 reviews, 94%). |
| 3844 | 2026-09-19 09:57:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-19 14:57:08 | 93% | 61 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=61 reviews, 57 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.443%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (61 reviews, 93%). |
| 3836 | 2026-09-18 19:28:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-19 00:28:16 | 93% | 60 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 60 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=60, fresh=56, rotten=4, tomatometer=93%. Net new reviews added=0, fresh=0, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=61 reviews, 57 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.443%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (60). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (93%). |
| 3834 | 2026-09-18 19:01:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-19 00:01:12 | 93% | 60 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 60 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=60, fresh=56, rotten=4, tomatometer=93%. Net new reviews added=0, fresh=0, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=61 reviews, 57 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.443%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (60). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (93%). |
| 3832 | 2026-09-18 18:49:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-18 23:49:51 | 93% | 60 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=61 reviews, 57 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.443%). WARNING: entered headline 60 reviews / 93% did not match current canonical totals 61 reviews / 93%. |
| 3825 | 2026-09-18 18:31:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-18 23:31:03 | 93% | 59 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=59 reviews, 55 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.220%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (59 reviews, 93%). |
| 3794 | 2026-09-18 09:20:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-18 14:20:39 | 93% | 58 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=58 reviews, 54 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.103%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (58 reviews, 93%). |
| 3780 | 2026-09-17 17:40:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-17 22:40:56 | 93% | 57 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=57 reviews, 53 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.982%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (57 reviews, 93%). |
| 3723 | 2026-09-17 08:48:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-17 13:48:19 | 93% | 56 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=56 reviews, 52 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.857%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (56 reviews, 93%). |
| 3709 | 2026-09-16 14:21:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-16 19:21:11 | 93% | 55 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=55 reviews, 51 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.727%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (55 reviews, 93%). |
| 3689 | 2026-09-16 07:43:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-16 12:43:07 | 92% | 53 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=53 reviews, 49 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.453%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (53 reviews, 92%). |
| 3688 | 2026-09-15 15:31:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-15 20:31:15 | 92% | 52 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=52 reviews, 48 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.308%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (52 reviews, 92%). |
| 3685 | 2026-09-15 11:50:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-15 16:50:57 | 92% | 51 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=51 reviews, 47 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.157%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (51 reviews, 92%). |
| 3681 | 2026-09-15 09:30:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-15 14:30:47 | 92% | 50 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=50 reviews, 46 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.000%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (50 reviews, 92%). |
| 3671 | 2026-09-15 08:33:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-15 13:33:47 | 92% | 49 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=3, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=3, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=49 reviews, 45 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=92% (91.837%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (49 reviews, 92%). |
| 3669 | 2026-09-14 18:27:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-14 23:27:08 | 91% | 47 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=46 reviews, 42 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=91% (91.304%). WARNING: entered headline 47 reviews / 91% did not match current canonical totals 46 reviews / 91%. |
| 3665 | 2026-09-14 17:30:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-14 22:30:53 | 91% | 45 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=45 reviews, 41 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=91% (91.111%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (45 reviews, 91%). |
| 3664 | 2026-09-14 17:01:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-14 22:01:04 | 91% | 43 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=44 reviews, 40 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=91% (90.909%). WARNING: entered headline 43 reviews / 91% did not match current canonical totals 44 reviews / 91%. |
| 3661 | 2026-09-14 10:10:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-14 15:10:29 | 90% | 42 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=42 reviews, 38 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=90% (90.476%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (42 reviews, 90%). |
| 3658 | 2026-09-14 08:40:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-14 13:40:25 | 90% | 41 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=41 reviews, 37 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=90% (90.244%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (41 reviews, 90%). |
| 3650 | 2026-09-13 14:30:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-13 19:30:18 | 90% | 40 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=40 reviews, 36 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=90% (90.000%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (40 reviews, 90%). |
| 3606 | 2026-09-11 15:40:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-11 20:40:58 | 90% | 39 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=39 reviews, 35 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=90% (89.744%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (39 reviews, 90%). |
| 3579 | 2026-09-11 13:01:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-11 18:01:45 | 89% | 38 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=38 reviews, 34 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=89% (89.474%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (38 reviews, 89%). |
| 3573 | 2026-09-11 11:42:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-11 16:42:24 | 89% | 37 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=37 reviews, 33 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=89% (89.189%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (37 reviews, 89%). |
| 3552 | 2026-09-10 18:00:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-10 23:00:17 | 92% | 36 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=36 reviews, 33 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=92% (91.667%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (36 reviews, 92%). |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 291923 | Jim Ross | TAKE ONE Magazine | Rotten | — | 2026-10-22T14:33:24.000Z | 2026-10-22 14:33:24 | ...wonderful delivery from its actors, and delightful asides between characters that its portrait of regret & friendship allow space for. However, muddled placement in a broader thematic picture results in a less enduring whole than McDonagh’s best work. |
| 291910 | Andrew Gaudion | THN | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-10-22T10:54:31.000Z | 2026-10-22 10:54:31 | It may not be the most original of McDonagh's works so far, but it is yet another very funny, dark and dramatically engaging fable that is hard to imagine any fan of the man’s work being disappointed with. |
| 291737 | Katie Hogan | She Likes Movies | Rotten | — | 2026-10-20T19:42:04.000Z | 2026-10-20 19:42:04 | Though the writing is razor sharp, humorous with a darker edge, there are some genuinely bizarre laughs and reveals, there is nothing spectacular about the film. |
| 290302 | Rebecca Johnson | Talking Films | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-10-17T10:35:12.000Z | 2026-10-17 10:35:12 | It might not sound like the most immediately gripping set-up, but McDonagh makes another excellent watch with his trademark humour, a terrific performance from Malkovich and a surprising amount of heart beneath the laughs. |
| 290303 | Lexi Amoriello | Movie Recs by Lex | Fresh | — | 2026-10-17T03:23:37.000Z | 2026-10-17 03:23:37 | Wild Horse Nine has everything a McDonagh fan—or most movie lovers—could want: witty dialogue, pitch-black humor, entertaining action, unforgettable performances, and a story that balances laugh-out-loud comedy with emotional and philosophical depth. |
| 290252 | Mike Massie | Gone With The Twins | Fresh | 6/10 | 2026-10-16T19:01:17.000Z | 2026-10-16 19:01:17 | Despite all of the humor and the engaging characters, this subject matter is hardly new; virtually everything here has been explored before, and by McDonagh himself. |
| 290145 | Gavin Spoors | FILMHOUNDS Magazine | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-10-16T07:05:55.000Z | 2026-10-16 07:05:55 | Chris’ journey of reckoning and acceptance is what makes Wild Horse Nine another McDonagh winner. |
| 290146 | Ian Freer | Empire Magazine | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-10-15T22:20:12.000Z | 2026-10-15 22:20:12 | Wild Horse Nine doesn’t stray too far from Martin McDonagh’s wheelhouse but it’s a glorious place to visit, uproariously funny and quietly moving. Malkovich and Rockwell make a double act for the ages. |
| 290021 | Brian Eggert | Deep Focus Review | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-10-15T15:06:39.000Z | 2026-10-15 15:06:39 | McDonagh has made another disarmingly funny and sneakily profound film, adding to a career of features that earn our investment with laughs and fine acting from talented performers, and then disquiet us with a sobering dose of emotional reality. |
| 290016 | Stephen A. Russell | ScreenHub | Fresh | — | 2026-10-15T13:08:03.000Z | 2026-10-15 13:08:03 | McDonagh’s writing here isn’t as sharp or sorrowful as Inisherin, nor as politically acute [but] there is great chemistry between Malkovich and Rockwell. |
| 289861 | Christopher Lloyd | The Film Yap | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-10-14T15:27:35.000Z | 2026-10-14 15:27:35 | Martin McDonagh returns to his "In Bruges" style in this sardonic piece starring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as CIA spooks playing out a deadly string on Easter Island. |
| 291911 | Matt Goldberg | Commentary Track | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-10-13T18:28:09.000Z | 2026-10-13 18:28:09 | McDonagh captures all the beauty of the surroundings and the love between Lee and Chris, and then splatters it with blood and hardship, showing not the violence of the carnage, but what eats away at us because we were too callous and cynical to care. |
| 287728 | Lisa Laman | Land of the Nerds | Fresh | — | 2026-10-12T13:35:45.000Z | 2026-10-12 13:35:45 | Nobody can dispute that [Martin] McDonagh is a master of insults...his films are littered with characters creatively lambasting one another. Wild Horse Nine happily continues that trend. |
| 287636 | Chris Sawin | Video Librarian Magazine | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-10-10T23:10:45.000Z | 2026-10-10 23:10:45 | Most of McDonagh's films have had a mean or sad streak buried under their comedy. Wild Horse Nine is a solid balance of both, but it also feels like a strange appreciation of life. |
| 287622 | Linda Marric | HeyUGuys | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-10-10T10:28:13.000Z | 2026-10-10 10:28:13 | Funny, unsettling and unexpectedly moving, Wild Horse Nine is a confident film that entertains without being shallow and has plenty to say without being preachy. |
| 287580 | André Didyme-Dôme | Rolling Stone en Español | Fresh | — | 2026-10-09T18:33:54.000Z | 2026-10-09 18:33:54 | Wild Horse Nine is a solid triumph, beautifully photographed, painfully human, and sustained by extraordinary performances. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 287312 | Shaurya Chawla | InSession Film | Fresh | A- | 2026-10-06T16:48:24.000Z | 2026-10-06 16:48:24 | While it may not be quite as fine-tuned as some of McDonagh’s other works like In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Banshees of Inisherin, it remains a really enjoyable time backed by incredible performances |
| 287311 | Cameron Ritter | Geek Vibes Nation | Rotten | 4/10 | 2026-10-06T14:24:27.000Z | 2026-10-06 14:24:27 | Wild Horse Nine has a lot going for it, but nothing winds up fully realized by the time the credits roll. |
| 280958 | Sean Boelman | FandomWire | Fresh | 7/10 | 2026-09-28T22:28:54.000Z | 2026-09-28 22:28:54 | Still, the worst McDonagh film is pretty solid, boasting great performances and sharp dialogue that make it an enjoyable watch even when it doesn’t shine as brightly as one would hope. |
| 280949 | Kristy Puchko | Mashable | Fresh | — | 2026-09-28T17:14:56.000Z | 2026-09-28 17:14:56 | Wild Horse Nine is deepened by its repetition. |
| 279749 | Rachel Wagner | Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) | Fresh | — | 2026-09-27T14:05:37.000Z | 2026-09-27 14:05:37 | The banter and the friendship is really good. Entertaining |
| 279750 | Katie Rife | Inverse | Fresh | — | 2026-09-27T00:18:53.000Z | 2026-09-27 00:18:53 | Not a single shot or line of dialogue is misplaced in this masterful comedic thriller. |
| 279673 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austin Chronicle | Fresh | — | 2026-09-25T18:50:25.000Z | 2026-09-25 18:50:25 | Neither a racehorse nor one-trick pony, this steed is, nevertheless, a solid contender. |
| 279644 | Derrick Murray | That Hollywood Show | Fresh | 8.5/10 | 2026-09-25T15:16:22.000Z | 2026-09-25 15:16:22 | Painted in pitch black humor, a heavy dose of anti-fascism and incendiary critiques of American government throughout history, Wild Horse Nine is a taut comedic thriller with a lot to chew on beneath its simple surface. |
| 277835 | Max Covill | It's The Pictures | Fresh | A- | 2026-09-23T16:23:35.000Z | 2026-09-23 16:23:35 | I had high expectations for Wild Horse Nine coming into the fall festival season, and it met just about everyone of them. |
| 277836 | Louisa Moore | Screen Zealots | Fresh | — | 2026-09-23T16:21:51.000Z | 2026-09-23 16:21:51 | Lively performances and sharp writing give way to a surprisingly tender story about friendship, loss, and mortality. It may be familiar territory for McDonagh, but at its best, it’s wickedly funny, deeply sad, and unmistakably his. |
| 277833 | Lindsay Traves | Pajiba | Fresh | — | 2026-09-23T15:30:38.000Z | 2026-09-23 15:30:38 | Aging up his earliest feature for a new perspective on his story is like the progression of "Dubliners" and maybe that makes [McDonagh] one of the most notable modern scribes. |
| 277020 | Monica Castillo | AV Club | Fresh | B | 2026-09-22T19:15:20.000Z | 2026-09-22 19:15:20 | Wild Horse Nine is more than just about the shenanigans that get these men into trouble, it’s about the lonely misfit souls who find camaraderie in the least likely of partners. |
| 277003 | Rita Di Santo | Morning Star (UK) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-09-22T16:43:56.000Z | 2026-09-22 16:43:56 | Malkovich shines as the absent-minded old man who seems to let vital information slip, while Rockwell perfectly embodies the friend trying to mitigate his outbursts |
| 276926 | Yasmine Kandil | Discussing Film | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-21T23:27:17.000Z | 2026-09-21 23:27:17 | John Malkovich delivers one of the year's best performances in what feels like a "greatest hits" mix of Martin McDonagh's black comedy thrillers. |
| 276503 | Ed Travis | Cinapse | Fresh | — | 2026-09-19T16:31:53.000Z | 2026-09-19 16:31:53 | One of 2026’s very best films. |
| 276499 | Peter Howell | Toronto Star | Fresh | — | 2026-09-19T03:00:27.000Z | 2026-09-19 03:00:27 | It’s top-of-game work from everyone involved, especially Malkovich as the irrepressible Chris, casually voicing the sort of things the rest of us only have nightmares about. |
| 276482 | Scott Menzel | Awards Buzz | Fresh | 9/10 | 2026-09-18T23:33:09.000Z | 2026-09-18 23:33:09 | Wild Horse Nine is Martin McDonagh’s most mature and complex work to date. It is funny, moving, beautifully acted, and deceptively simple, with the kind of screenplay that only grows stronger the more you think about it. |
| 276483 | Tessa Smith | Mama's Geeky | Fresh | — | 2026-09-18T23:17:01.000Z | 2026-09-18 23:17:01 | Bound to be a serious awards contender this year, Wild Horse Nine never misses a beat with laugh-out-loud comedy, touching life lessons, and a lead duo that oozes chemistry. |
| 275846 | Hugo Emmerzael | In Review Online | Fresh | — | 2026-09-18T13:03:59.000Z | 2026-09-18 13:03:59 | Rarely do you see a work that so gleefully bursts through political bubbles, only to finger-paint with the bloody remains scattered across the floor. |
| 275802 | Alex Hudson | Exclaim! | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-09-17T21:50:44.000Z | 2026-09-17 21:50:44 | Anyone else suddenly feel a strong urge to visit Easter Island? |
| 270329 | Kathia Woods | Cup of Soul | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-09-17T01:19:54.000Z | 2026-09-17 01:19:54 | Rockwell is the reason that performance lands. Lee is the straight man, but Rockwell plays him with so much warmth and weariness that the role becomes the emotional spine of the film |
| 270302 | Johnny Oleksinski | New York Post | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-09-16T18:48:23.000Z | 2026-09-16 18:48:23 | Wild Horse is one of the director’s most plainly enjoyable movies, thanks in no small part to the brilliant Malkovich and refreshingly sunny setting. |
| 270303 | Abe Friedtanzer | Awards Buzz | Fresh | 9/10 | 2026-09-16T18:14:24.000Z | 2026-09-16 18:14:24 | Wild Horse Nine ranks among McDonagh’s best films thanks to his reliable writing, the film’s smart aesthetic choices, and, above all, Malkovich’s unforgettable turn that makes the case that he should be getting roles like this all the time. |
| 270194 | Peter Gray | The AU Review | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-09-15T23:21:36.000Z | 2026-09-15 23:21:36 | Older, more reflective and seemingly increasingly interested in what happens after all the insults have been exhausted, [McDonagh] has crafted another wickedly funny study of male friendship |
| 270193 | Doug Jamieson | The Jam Report | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-15T20:05:40.000Z | 2026-09-15 20:05:40 | An unexpectedly moving reckoning with friendship, morality, and lives spent doing terrible things. |
| 270188 | Chris Bumbray | JoBlo's Movie Network | Fresh | — | 2026-09-15T16:40:27.000Z | 2026-09-15 16:40:27 | John Malkovich delivers one of his best performances |
| 270183 | Kurt Halfyard | ScreenAnarchy | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-09-15T13:56:27.000Z | 2026-09-15 13:56:27 | Wild Horse Nine is colourful and beautiful, and has some kind of mouth on it, one that is hell bent on biting the mouth that feeds it. It is an absolute pleasure to watch. |
| 270154 | Joonatan Itkonen | Region Free | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-09-15T12:48:58.000Z | 2026-09-15 12:48:58 | Wild Horse Nine is an expertly made and acted film that's thoroughly confused with itself. |
| 270155 | Travis Hopson | Punch Drunk Critics | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-15T04:11:30.000Z | 2026-09-15 04:11:30 | At this point, McDonagh can do no wrong, and Wild Horse Nine is sure to have him showered with even more accolades. |
| 270156 | Nick Johnston | Boston Phoenix | Fresh | — | 2026-09-14T23:17:26.000Z | 2026-09-14 23:17:26 | Rockwell has good, exasperated chemistry with Malkovich, Buscemi is well-placed as a petulant little creep, and di Girolamo is excellent in her intrigue and suspicion to his odd entreaties to her. She is the heart of the film, if there is one. |
| 270151 | Ty Burr | Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-09-14T22:58:11.000Z | 2026-09-14 22:58:11 | The abiding pleasure of the movie is John Malkovich. |
| 270124 | Nate Adams | The Only Critic | Fresh | B | 2026-09-14T22:12:33.000Z | 2026-09-14 22:12:33 | If “Wild Horse Nine” sometimes sounds like McDonagh covering his own greatest hits, Malkovich finds a bruising new melody buried within them. |
| 270122 | Jessica Kiang | Sight & Sound | Fresh | — | 2026-09-14T21:46:08.000Z | 2026-09-14 21:46:08 | he crackling chemistry between Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich is the dark heart of McDonagh’s entertainingly spiky film. |
| 270123 | Nick Schager | The Daily Beast | Fresh | — | 2026-09-14T21:03:41.000Z | 2026-09-14 21:03:41 | Paired opposite a stellar Sam Rockwell, [Malkovich] delivers one of the great performances of his career, no matter that the film itself isn’t nearly as confident in melding its own disparate registers. |
| 270119 | Allyson Johnson | But Why Tho? | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-09-14T14:46:51.000Z | 2026-09-14 14:46:51 | The rhythm of the film, its biting humor and keen observations about the cyclical nature of the world and how it breaks and breaks again to reveal the rotted underbelly, is fueled by the steady presence of its two leads. |
| 270105 | Bill Bria | Slashfilm | Fresh | 9/10 | 2026-09-14T12:13:00.000Z | 2026-09-14 12:13:00 | Wild Horse Nine is a wonderfully written, beautifully performed elegy of a film, and is McDonagh's most emotional and incisive work to date. |
| 270084 | Alex Billington | FirstShowing.net | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-09-13T18:20:05.000Z | 2026-09-13 18:20:05 | Tag along mainly to watch Malkovich & Rockwell bickering non-stop, but stay for the hilarious commentary on cheese & dinosaurs. This is a trip you'll want to take with these bozos even if you might not make it back. |
| 268508 | George Bate | Screen Rant | Fresh | 7/10 | 2026-09-11T19:38:51.000Z | 2026-09-11 19:38:51 | Glaring parallels to In Bruges aside, Wild Horse Nine delivers exactly what one would want from a Martin McDonagh film. He once again showcases an unmatched ability to carefully plant seeds for jokes that take their time to blossom into uproarious laughs. |
| 265585 | Rachel West | That Shelf | Fresh | — | 2026-09-11T17:27:50.000Z | 2026-09-11 17:27:50 | Martin McDonagh returns to familiar themes and formulas in his latest film, Wild Horse Nine, featuring a tour-de-force performance by John Malkovich as a man facing his mortality. |
| 265579 | Marshall Shaffer | Slant Magazine | Rotten | 2/4 | 2026-09-11T15:51:37.000Z | 2026-09-11 15:51:37 | As they bounce around the film’s hollow ideological cavern, the jokes ultimately fail to resonate beyond being amusingly arranged words. |
| 264663 | Kyle Smith | Wall Street Journal | Fresh | — | 2026-09-10T22:28:29.000Z | 2026-09-10 22:28:29 | Mr. Malkovich’s wickedly entertaining, cynical yet soulful performance is the heart of a surprisingly emotional tour de force from Mr. McDonagh. |
| 260494 | Nataliia Serebriakova | FILMINK (Australia) | Fresh | 18/20 | 2026-09-10T16:23:45.000Z | 2026-09-10 16:23:45 | ... much more than a spy film ... tragicomic story about aging, guilt, friendship and the impossible attempt to negotiate with one’s own past. |
| 260434 | Radhika Seth | Vogue | Fresh | — | 2026-09-09T18:55:07.000Z | 2026-09-09 18:55:07 | It’s a laugh-filled romp, the kind of movie that lets you kick back and hang out, reveling in its glorious ’70s aesthetics and painterly cinematography. |
| 260357 | Mia Pflueger | Nerdspin | Fresh | A- | 2026-09-09T04:57:17.000Z | 2026-09-09 04:57:17 | The film remains enormously entertaining, even as darker implications accumulate beneath McDonagh’s black humour before coming sharply into focus in the final act. |
| 260358 | Raphael Abraham | Financial Times | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-08T23:47:25.000Z | 2026-09-08 23:47:25 | The movie grows soulful, with quivering strings on the soundtrack, the melancholy tropes of a downbeat Western and even the suggestion of fast-track redemption. |
| 260346 | Tara Brady | Irish Times | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-08T22:04:38.000Z | 2026-09-08 22:04:38 | The film’s furious pessimism is precisely counterpointed by its agreeably rambling, profane comedy. From as long ago as his early play The Lonesome West, nobody has written bickering lads better than McDonagh. |
| 275902 | Ryan McQuade | Awards Watch | Fresh | A | 2026-09-08T20:17:45.000Z | 2026-09-08 20:17:45 | Wild Horse Nine is intelligent, superb filmmaking by all involved. |
| 260242 | Carla Renata | The Curvy Film Critic | Fresh | — | 2026-09-05T10:05:47.000Z | 2026-09-05 10:05:47 | Wild Horse Nine is complex, beautiful film that will leave audiences, laughing, crying and most of being entertained at how being human is just living one day at a time until time runs out. Phenomenal performances from Malkovich and Rockwell |
| 260243 | Joey Magidson | Awards Radar | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-09-05T08:43:08.000Z | 2026-09-05 08:43:08 | Wild Horse Nine is arguably Martin McDonagh's best movie and features a magnificent turn from John Malkovich. |
| 260244 | Matt Zoller Seitz | RogerEbert.com | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-09-04T16:39:01.000Z | 2026-09-04 16:39:01 | [It features] of the best acting ever done by Malkovich, Rockwell and Buscemi, and one wickedly quotable line after another. |
| 260245 | David Jenkins | Little White Lies | Fresh | — | 2026-09-04T16:20:51.000Z | 2026-09-04 16:20:51 | While Rockwell seems to do his best work with McDonagh, and this is no exception, flowers go to Malkovich who delivers arguably his finest screen performance of the 21st century. |
| 260246 | Stephanie Zacharek | TIME Magazine | Fresh | — | 2026-09-04T16:15:12.000Z | 2026-09-04 16:15:12 | McDonagh may often be excessively arch, but he does know how to write for actors. |
| 260247 | Luke Hicks | The Film Stage | Fresh | — | 2026-09-04T15:33:36.000Z | 2026-09-04 15:33:36 | The screenwriter side of McDonagh is still in pristine form—part Larry David, part David Mamet, part Coen brothers, part Samuel Beckett. |
| 260248 | James Mottram | South China Morning Post | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-04T15:29:02.000Z | 2026-09-04 15:29:02 | Scripting with not a shred of concern for political correctness, McDonagh has crafted a bleak but darkly funny character study... Riotously entertaining, Wild Horse Nine will make you laugh, feel guilty and then laugh some more. |
| 260249 | Lou Thomas | NME (New Musical Express) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-04T12:50:18.000Z | 2026-09-04 12:50:18 | Another bitingly funny, bracingly tough feature with top performances that’ll leave you with plenty to ponder once the end credits roll |
| 260250 | Luis Martínez | El Mundo (Spain) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-09-04T04:17:37.000Z | 2026-09-04 04:17:37 | Cinema that sounds and resonates, cinema that moves and lays bare. McDonagh thus achieves his most refined, balanced film, one that is faithful to his style and, definitively, beyond remedy. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 260251 | Tori Brazier | metro.co.uk | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-04T02:28:14.000Z | 2026-09-04 02:28:14 | Not many people could deliver a sharp, thoughtful and yet accessible and genuinely funny film, examining the US government’s involvement in the violent 1973 coup that overthrew Chile’s democratically elected president. But McDonagh can. |
| 260252 | Jack Walters | Loud and Clear Reviews | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-09-04T02:09:27.000Z | 2026-09-04 02:09:27 | McDonagh is much less interested in covert geopolitics and international espionage than he is concerned with two individuals on deeply personal journeys—for whom secrecy and murder is just the backdrop of a more human, intimate story. |
| 260253 | Martin Tsai | Critic's Notebook | Rotten | — | 2026-09-03T23:38:31.000Z | 2026-09-03 23:38:31 | Politics is the point. The problem is whose politics. |
| 260254 | Philip De Semlyen | Time Out | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-09-03T20:28:44.000Z | 2026-09-03 20:28:44 | A bittersweet hangout film about lonely, crumpled men facing up to mortality, dealing with the consequences of violence and chewing the fat to outlandishly funny effect. |
| 260255 | Frank J. Avella | The Contending | Fresh | A | 2026-09-03T20:19:51.000Z | 2026-09-03 20:19:51 | A great malaise is evident in almost every scene of Wild Horse Nine, which had me laughing hysterically one minute and on the verge of tears the next. It’s one of 2026’s finest films. |
| 260256 | Manu Yáñez | Fotogramas | Rotten | — | 2026-09-03T18:25:28.000Z | 2026-09-03 18:25:28 | McDonagh’s acerbic humor provides some relief from the murky unfolding of the action, but ultimately the film drifts toward a dull version of Paolo Sorrentino’s musings on decadence or, looking further back, Ingmar Bergman’s. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 260257 | Kevin Maher | The Times (UK) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-09-03T18:12:17.000Z | 2026-09-03 18:12:17 | There are dashes of anti-fascist polemic sprinkled throughout, but the feeling that lingers longest, and which marks out the movie for greatness, is its cheery, sweary embrace of mortality and the inevitable end of us all. |
| 260258 | Nicholas Bell | IONCINEMA.com | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-09-03T17:54:02.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:54:02 | As is McDonagh’s custom, there are a lot of laughs thanks to a tight script and superb comedic performances, but there’s a queasy discomfort curdling the poignant melancholy. |
| 260259 | Dallas King | Flick Feast | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-03T17:42:37.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:42:37 | Politics and poetic profanity collide in Martin McDonagh’s hilarious and heartbreaking Wild Horse Nine… as good as Rockwell is, this is Malkovich’s film, and a career-best performance. |
| 260260 | Robbie Collin | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-09-03T17:39:32.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:39:32 | Watching this blood-thumping mordant comic thriller feels like catching up with the best film of 20 years ago that you somehow missed at the time. |
| 260261 | Nikki Baughan | Screen International | Fresh | — | 2026-09-03T17:38:32.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:38:32 | Alongside electric performances from John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell, the film benefits from McDonagh’s expert blend of poignant drama and blistering dark comedy. |
| 260262 | David Rooney | The Hollywood Reporter | Fresh | — | 2026-09-03T17:37:20.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:37:20 | The real revelation is John Malkovich, a brilliant actor who can veer into self-caricature in lesser vehicles, here building infinite layers into a plum role that is his best in years, ranking with his finest work. |
| 260263 | Pete Hammond | Deadline Hollywood Daily | Fresh | — | 2026-09-03T17:36:38.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:36:38 | There is something about this one that keeps hanging on in my head and I can’t get it out. It is easily one of the year’s best films, and in its own peculiar way the most spiritual. |
| 260264 | Guy Lodge | Variety | Fresh | — | 2026-09-03T17:35:32.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:35:32 | Malkovich gives McDonagh’s pithy, tangy dialogue just the sad, soulful eccentricity that it needs to live off the page. |
| 260265 | William Bibbiani | TheWrap | Rotten | — | 2026-09-03T17:35:29.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:35:29 | 'Wild Horse Nine' is neither endearing nor twisted enough to work. McDonagh doesn’t make these dangerous men lovable, he assumes they’re already lovable and works backwards. |
| 260266 | Rodrigo Perez | The Playlist | Fresh | A- | 2026-09-03T17:34:25.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:34:25 | Absurdly poetic, deeply melancholy, and ultimately devastating, it may be McDonagh’s best and most plaintive film yet. |
| 260267 | Peter Bradshaw | Guardian | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-09-03T17:33:27.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:33:27 | Not a McDonagh classic, but some nice riffing from Rockwell and Malkovich. |
| 260268 | David Ehrlich | IndieWire | Fresh | B- | 2026-09-03T17:31:30.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:31:30 | Never as funny as it is sardonic, and always reaching so hard to be more of both, the film’s most successful moments are mined from the ambient tension between memory and erasure. |
| 260269 | Bilge Ebiri | New York Magazine/Vulture | Fresh | — | 2026-09-03T17:30:47.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:30:47 | I’m not sure Wild Horse Nine possesses the complexity to really wrestle with these larger questions, but somehow Malkovich himself holds the film’s many contradictions in exquisite balance. He’s never been better. |
| 260270 | Josh Parham | Next Best Picture | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-09-03T17:27:32.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:27:32 | It’s quite tempting to call "Wild Horse Nine" McDonagh’s best film to date, and it has plenty of hallmarks that bring it close to that distinction. |
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