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Words of War
Directed by
James Strong
R
2025
1h 57m
Drama
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6.0
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89%
6.6
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Journalist Anna Politkovskaya's brave crusade, fighting for an independent voice in Putin's Russia.
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Cast of Words of War
Maxine Peake
Anna Politkovskaya
Ciarán Hinds
Dmitry Muratov
Jason Isaacs
Sacha
Naomi Battrick
Vera Politkovskaya
Harry Lawtey
Ilya
Ellie Bamber
Elena
Ben Miles
Yuri Schekochikhin
Ian Hart
Lt. Col. Egorov
Oliver Maltman
Nestor
Agni Scott
Natalya Estemirova
Sophie Simnett
Nina
Fady Elsayed
Anzor
Lorne MacFadyen
Leo
Lujza Richter
Fatima
Alec Newman
Major Popov
Moe Bar-El
Mosvar Barayev
Anton Valensi
Captain Turgenev
Gary Oliver
Gregor
Elee Nova
Mila
Nathalie Armin
Maaret
Words of War Ratings & Reviews
Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
Mark Kermode
The details of the material that was uncovered are just absolutely horrifying.
Film Threat
Bobby LePire
Words of War is a solid drama about a remarkable woman.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Despite Peake's best efforts, her heroine comes off as a one-dimensional figure of brisk, corrective righteousness -- an archetype that seems very English.
jackiekcooper.com
Jackie K. Cooper
Good message, s,ow story.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Passably effective biopic on the late brave Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
Culture Mix
Carla Hay
Clunky but intriguing, Words of War is mostly watchable because of the cast members' performances. This often-trite drama (about slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya, an outspoken critic of Valdimir Putin) should've had better editing and sharper dialogue.
Common Sense Media
Kat Halstead
Peake is a force to be reckoned with as late Russian journalist Politkovskaya in this powerful biographical drama.
Loud and Clear Reviews
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Words of War is a mixed bag, where most of the bag's contents are quite good, and the rest could've used a little bit more preparation.
Next Best Picture
Tom O'Brien
"Words of War" follows similar themes and narrative beats as last year's female-journalist-under-fire offering, "Lee," starring Kate Winslet, in which a sterling central performance is surrounded by a film that's not up to her standards.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
A mildly engaging, but shallow, by-the-numbers, overlong and sugar-coated biopic with choppy editing and stilted, on-the-nose dialogue.
Washington Post
Ty Burr
The film's a necessary downer that nonetheless inspires in a viewer an echo of its heroine's compassion and resolve.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
Peake captures Anna's resilience and tenacity, although the well-intentioned film winds up more didactic than provocative
AARP Movies for Grownups
Thelma Adams
The viewer feels, at the end, that it can't happen here -- until it does. A final image of numerous fellow journalists felled in the pursuit of truth, including The Washington Post's Jamal Khashoggi, drills the point home.
RogerEbert.com
Nell Minow
Peake's listening face is profoundly moving, and she makes us see how Politkovskaya's empathy is as important in gaining their trust as her commitment to telling the world what she is seeing.
Collider
Maggie Lovitt
Words of War may not be a film that does anything stylistically or creatively to reinvent the wheel, but it has a message that transcends the bounds of art.
FandomWire
M.N. Miller
Though it follows familiar genre tropes and plays it safe, Maxine Peake's performance elevates the film.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
[T]he movie isn't as urgent as the situation then and now should merit.
Film Festival Today
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The best part of the movie is in the ending credits, when we see a tribute to all those who have lost their lives under dictators. If only the entire movie had that kind of bite.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
Even so, Politkovskaya's bravery, and Peake's commitment to honoring it, is enough.
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