Overview

• Aggregator scores place the film near the top of 2025, with several outlets noting it as the year’s highest-rated movie on Metacritic so far.
• Warner Bros. chiefs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy have set an awards campaign following the wave of critical acclaim.
• Reviewers single out Leonardo DiCaprio’s lead turn while also praising newcomer Chase Infiniti and supporting performances from Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall and Teyana Taylor.
• DiCaprio has said the film reflects polarization and an undercurrent of extremism, a theme critics describe within the movie’s black-comic, politically charged tone.
• Shot in widescreen VistaVision and reported to cost north of $130 million, Anderson’s most expensive film opens Sept. 26 with previews from Sept. 24 after a Sept. 8 Los Angeles premiere.