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Metascore®81 out of 100 | Universal acclaim

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Time | Richard Corliss

    District 9 proves that genre films, besides being a hell of a lot of fun, can say things you hadn't considered and show stuff you haven't seen. Read full review

  • 100
    Los Angeles Times | Betsy Sharkey

    District 9 is very smart sci-fi, but that's just the beginning; it's also a scathing social satire hidden inside a terrific action thriller teeming with gross aliens and regrettable inter-species conflict. And it's a blast. . . . Read full review

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Madly original, cheekily political, altogether exciting District 9. Read full review

  • 90
    Village Voice | Scott Foundas

    District 9 whizzes by with a resourcefulness and mordant wit nearly worthy of its obvious influences: "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," "Dawn of the Dead," and "Starship Troopers." Read full review

  • 90
    Variety | Justin Chang

    Though compelling throughout, District 9 never becomes outright terrifying, largely because Blomkamp is less interested in exploiting his aliens for cheap scares than in holding up a mirror to our own bloodthirsty, xenophobic species. Read full review

  • 88
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    With its clever faux documentary style, this is the most imaginative science-fiction movie to come along in years. Read full review

  • 88
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    Anyone who watches District 9 and doesn't think of Apartheid, Nazis, and Josef Mengele needs to spend some time reading a few history books. Read full review

  • 83
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott Tobias

    District 9 fuses science fiction mayhem and biting social commentary as well as any film since "Starship Troopers." It’s the rare alien invasion story that has the aliens running scared. Read full review

  • 80
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    In the best B-movie tradition, the filmmakers embed their ideas in an ingenious, propulsive and suspenseful genre entertainment, one that respects your intelligence even as it makes your eyes pop (and, once in a while, your stomach turn). Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Despite its creativity, the movie remains space opera and avoids the higher realms of science-fiction. Read full review

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