‘One Battle After Another’ Reviews Praise Leonardo DiCaprio

There's one massive trend running through the reviews for One Battle After Another — near-universal praise for Leonardo DiCaprio.

The 50-year-old actor, who stars in director Paul Thomas Anderson’s $150 million action-thriller, is drawing widespread acclaim for his performance.

Loosely based on the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, the film stars DiCaprio alongside other Hollywood heavy hitters Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, and Teyana Taylor.

DiCaprio plays Bob, a former revolutionary living off-grid in a hectic state of paranoia and fear. Those fears are well-founded, however, when his daughter Willa goes missing. This prompts Bob to mount the increasingly desperate rescue mission.

Here’s what reviewers are saying about DiCaprio, and the film as a whole.

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 70 critics' reviews are positive. In other words, it has a 97% rating. This puts it just above DiCaprio’s previous film, Killers of the Flower Moon, which has 93%.

The Telegraph writes: “Leonardo DiCaprio rivals Jack Nicholson in his prime in One Battle After Another. Paul Thomas Anderson’s electrifying thriller has heists, showdowns and two of the best car chases in years.”

The Independent writes: "Leonardo DiCaprio clowns his way through a ferocious American masterpiece. Paul Thomas Anderson has directed a swaggering, funny and timely action epic, where momentum never lets up and supporting actors Sean Penn and Teyana Taylor steal the show.”

The Guardian writes: “Paul Thomas Anderson’s thrillingly helter-skelter counterculture caper. Anderson updates Thomas Pynchon for the era of Ice roundups, pitting shaggy revolutionary Leonardo DiCaprio against cartoonish forces of reaction.”