Hiroko Asami for best waifu of 2023! I also liked the duality between Shinji Kaminaga and Alien Mefilas. In fact, I wish it had been explored just a bit more. All and all, thank you Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno for continuing the "Ultraman" franchise.

Surprisingly enjoyable

I'm a pretty big fan of Ultraman and Shin Godzilla and this made for an interesting contrast against both. Maybe best thought of as 4(ish) episodes of the original Ultraman run remade as a very-nearly-anthology movie (somewhat literally, since it just takes the plot of several episodes and reworks them). This means the plot sort of doubles back and repeats in places. It has a lot of quirk and oddity to it that makes me want to see it multiple times. Gorgeous set-up in a lot of the shots. Somewhat uneven CG in the final chunk but the expressionistic choreography remains strong. I adored all the actors and the characters they played. And while the "bonus" features at start were pretty short, they were still quite nice to see. Probably will be my nerd out movie of the year.

I give it four stars because of the old school Ultraman in the beginning. The rest of the movie is ehhhhh.

An enjoyable movie that you can watch without having to know a lot about the franchise but has some subtle nods for the fans. Though with hideaki anno involved I wished it could have been a little more "out there" at times.

Movie sucked so bad

#UltramanSweep

Great trip down memory lane.

It tried to do too much, too quickly. A shallow shell of what could have been.

If you enjoy old school Japanese Kaiju movies this is a must see.

As a fan of the original series, this adaptation served up everything I loved watching growing up! Ultraman ultra-fans should not miss it!

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Fan service at its best. But also nearly no surprises. CGI for some fights was pretty good but you could usually tell it was cg. Not enough polygons by a long way. Still the story, acting, and heart were all in the right spots and I had a LOT of fun watching it.

What I can’t help but miss in all this is the poetic free spirit and deep human interest that once defined most things associated with Hideaki Anno—his concerns, it seems, have shifted from individual to structural, and perhaps people just aren’t so compelling to him anymore. Higuchi’s evidently having a great deal of fun, however, and surely has more of those rubbery monsters up his sleeve. He’s doing fine.

Eli Friedberg

The Film Stage

It’s an exciting picture, a smart picture, a fascinating picture, and a wonderfully weird picture.

William Bibbiani

TheWrap

Tongue-in-cheek but never campy, Shin Ultraman is an object lesson in how to reboot a superhero franchise for modern times.

Richard Kuipers

Variety