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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Stephanie Zacharek

TIME Magazine

1 day ago

With The Mosquito Bowl, Berg throws so much violence at us that it comes to feel like padding, while the depiction of the Mosquito Bowl itself, the core of the movie, is pure joy.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

2 days ago

I've never been more ready for a football game to be cinematically stirring, and more disappointed that it amounted to a supercut.

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Simon Abrams

AV Club

2 days ago

D+

While The Mosquito Bowl occasionally gestures at sharp tonal shifts, watching the movie is a monotonous, overbearing wallow, with the occasional breaks from numbing violence filled with equally flat dramatized sports play.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

6 hrs ago

3.5/5

Even with several big-scale set-pieces, filmmaker Peter Berg keeps the tone intensely personal, drawing out resonant emotions as young men in their prime are sent off to an obscure corner of the world to kill anonymous enemies.

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Joey Magidson

Awards Radar

16 hrs ago

2/4

The Mosquito Bowl has solid craftsmanship but nothing new to say about football, war, or the bonds formed by either.

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Mark Jackson

Epoch Times

23 hrs ago

3/5

The film opens with President Herbert Hoover’s well-known statement in a speech at the 1944 RNC: "Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die." Berg clearly intended the film’s hyper-violence to be a reminder of that fact.

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PapaRu

4 hrs ago

Great movie with unknown actors, at least to me. I appreciate the psychological aspect of war and what men of that era our greatest generation. I sat at the end and wondered how many of today’s football all Americans would go to war if we were attacked and give up fame and fortune for their country. As a veteran I appreciate and admire each and everyone who has served and answered the call when did. The trauma some experience is saddening and pitiful. That they endured for the sake of their country and fellow citizens. So many young men gave their lives for the belief that they could make a difference. Today’s young men should take notice of this movie because a big war is knocking on our door presently.

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Stacey

12 hrs ago

Didn't feel connected to the characters. just felt it was a story of 4 guys who went to war. were they drafted, volunteered. Very gorey movie too. good story line just needed to build on it.

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Jon

1 day ago

The acting and scenes were great, and the real stories of the men portrayed were incredible. I just wish the movie had stayed more faithful to those stories. The liberties taken with the screenplay were so glaring that they overshadowed an otherwise powerful film.

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Linda

1 day ago

Way too real for me

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Noelle

2 days ago

Incredible visuals… feels like you are literally present in the tranches with them. So realistic. Emotional and thought provoking. Must be seen in the big screen. TV at home is not going to do this film justice.

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Lesly

2 days ago

Phenomenal. Definitely a must watch!

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Synopsis

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: Digital 2.39:1

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