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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 72TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeVoyagers is a smart and effective little sci-fi thriller about the best-laid plans of scientists crumbling in the face of teenage hormones and human frailty.
- 67The A.V. ClubA.A. DowdThe A.V. ClubA.A. DowdMaybe the film’s escalating conflict would be more exciting if the characters themselves (played by the likes of Tye Sheridan and Lily-Rose Depp, among an ensemble of fellow twentysomething model types) weren’t such blank-eyed nothings.
- 60IGNMatt FowlerIGNMatt FowlerWhile sci-fi is generally rife with allegories, a steadier hand was needed here in Voyagers. The messaging, though noble and necessary, feels obvious to the point that it takes you out of the film. The cast is talented and the premise is promising, but the story plays out in a predictable fashion, which also works, in a way, to undercut the meaning.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisSan Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisThe technically elegant Voyagers, about a space colonization trip run amok, is easy enough to sit through, but it’s a story in need of more rocket fuel. There isn’t a bad scene in the movie, yet there isn’t a really good scene, either. It’s a quiet psychological thriller, even when it’s trying to stir mayhem.
- 50IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe middling but enjoyable Voyagers is meant to be a timeless parable about the primitive essence of human nature; if its space-age shenanigans are broadly identical to the beats of a book William Golding wrote about a group of preadolescent boys who crash on a deserted island during World War II, that’s more of a feature than it is a bug.
- 50USA TodayBrian TruittUSA TodayBrian TruittThe movie throws in a little murder mystery and an alien-invasion angle with its coming-of-age themes, features a host of up-and-coming stars (including Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp), and rockets to some interesting places when it comes to science and what makes us us. What undermines all that, however, is when the film shifts into being an intergalactic Lord of the Flies as the kids turn on each other and go tribal.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshBurger presupposes all the right questions (and anxieties) about the realities of climate change-induced space migration; it’s just that as a film, Voyagers feels like a role-playing game rather than a character-driven story.
- 50Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanThe sci-fi thriller Voyagers is grounded in very real current fears. But otherwise, it’s a bit of an airhead.
- 40The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeIt’s all just too sanitised and safe, a journey that stumbles as it takes us from the unknown to the familiar, a film that plods when it should stride. How did a bracing idea about rebellion, sexual awakening and lawlessness turn out so boring?
- 34Paste MagazineJacob OllerPaste MagazineJacob OllerAnd as far as criticism goes, the tedious and trite, regressive and ridiculous Voyagers doesn’t need any more than it’s already going to get.