confusing, could have been better if things were explained better

Great cast, but post-production seemed to have cut out like 10 years of history 😂 (1890-1900)

Any curiosity surrounding the film may have been misplaced – it’s a bit of a bore.

James Berardinelli

ReelViews

The Current War is even better than it has to be. Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and cinematographer Chung-hoon Chung give the film a swooping elegance, so that shots that start as close-ups gracefully glide into medium shots, and medium shots give way to vistas. The camera is always moving in a way that suggests grace and flow.

Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

The Current War employs actors capable of their own eccentric stylizations, and gives them very little leeway to make the material their own. Gomez-Rejon keeps snatching it back with every offbeat composition idea he can muster.

Jesse Hassenger

The A.V. Club