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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90TheWrapRonda Racha PenriceTheWrapRonda Racha PenriceUnlike many previous films and TV shows that ponder the possibility of life on Mars, “Settlers” is thoughtful and nuanced, with Rockefeller posing extremely difficult (and resonant) questions about entitlement and even the future of human existence.
- 80Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievWith Settlers, Rockefeller and his crew have created a striking little treatise on our misguided ambitions.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWith Settlers, the filmmaker takes us on a journey as much internal as extra-terrestrial.
- 63Slant MagazineWilliam RepassSlant MagazineWilliam RepassSettlers allows for weighty themes to play out inside a cramped domestic setting, wary of easy answers or moral platitudes.
- 60The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneTense and firm at either end, it sags in the middle like a mattress. Also, the grownups are pretty dull and flat, their mood set to maximum glower; luckily, we have Remmy—played first by Brooklynn Prince and later, as a teen-ager, by Nell Tiger Free—to steer us through the doldrums and to energize the plot.
- 50Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAustin ChronicleRichard WhittakerUltimately, the slow boil bleakness of the script, with its subtle ruminations of what it is to go on in a time of hopelessness, is what marks Settlers apart, even as it looks and feels like so many of the post-apocalyptic drought-plagued SF dramas of the last few years.
- 50RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoWith a strong cast and an intriguing premise that basically transports a Western plot into outer space, Settlers should work, but it simply sags in the middle, only barely sparking to life again in a more suspenseful final act.
- 33The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakThe thing about withholding plot information is that you must generally divulge that which you’ve held back at some point. To simply ignore that your audience is in the dark as far as the big picture is concerned is a sure-fire way to lose interest.
- 30The New York TimesLena WilsonThe New York TimesLena WilsonSettlers purports to challenge violence against women and colonialism. Instead, the female protagonist wallows in powerlessness for most of the movie, and a boxy robot is ultimately presented as more sympathetic than a displaced brown man.