The Mosquito Bowl

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Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, four of America's top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they'll play in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history -- a game that, for many, will be the last they ever play.

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Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

8 hrs ago

.5/4

Lacking humanity and relying almost exclusively on shock, "The Mosquito Bowl," a heinous World War II epic coming to Netflix, struggles to define its story.

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William Bibbiani

TheWrap

18 hrs ago

It’s the kind of movie a testicle would make if a testicle made movies and really gave a damn about sound design.

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

2 days ago

C

For all of its supposed verisimilitude, The Mosquito Bowl seems less indebted to the reality of war than it does to Hollywood’s idea of it, and its abject refusal to flesh out its characters makes it feel more contrived rather than less.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

45 min ago

As it aims to salute these men and their unheralded service, the film fails to get inside their helmets.

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Liz Declan

Screen Rant

1 hr ago

5/10

The movie primarily focuses on the brutalities of war and the way in which it claims young lives, which is an admirable endeavor. However, one has to wonder whether, at times, The Mosquito Bowl takes things too far.

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

10 hrs ago

3/4

Horror after horror happens ... and all of it leaves these young men with little sense of who they are, what they're fighting for ... or what, if anything, could be on the other side of this war.

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c

8 hrs ago

Ray Nicholson was amazing in it. Best character.

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John B

9 hrs ago

Very inspiring to see these AllAmerican college football players sacrifice themselves for our freedom in WWII.

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Connor

11 hrs ago

Peter Berg did an incredible job of illustrating the experience of the young men that gave up their youth to go to war. This isnt simply a war movie or football movie, the film tackles the mental, physical and ultimate toll that war costs. Absolutely worth a watch.

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Helen W

12 hrs ago

Raw, visceral, incredible filmmaking.

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jose

12 hrs ago

good movie

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Jason

12 hrs ago

Ok movie and stroryline

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Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, four of America's top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they'll play in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history -- a game that, for many, will be the last they ever play.

Director: Peter Berg
Producer: Peter Berg, Brian Grazer, Alexander H. Gayner
Screenwriter: Mark L. Smith, Peter Berg, Peter Berg, Mark L. Smith
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Film 44, Imagine Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: War, History, Drama, Sports
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 30, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2026
Runtime: 2h 7m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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