The secondary cast includes Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor and Chase Infiniti in their film debut.
One battles after anotherthe new movie of Paul Thomas Anderson starring Leonardo DiCaprio He is receiving his first criticisms and are led nothing more or nothing less than Steven Spielbergwho praised the film while moderating a question and answers session with Anderson at the Cine Director’s Guild of America in Los Angeles.
“What an incredible movie, my God!”said Spielberg according to The Film Stage portal. “There is more action in the first hour than in any other movie you have directed. Everything is really incredible. It is a mixture of things so strange and the time so relevant, that I think they have become increasingly relevant even than when you finished the script, you gathered the cast and the team and began the production.”
Freely based on the novel “Vineland” of Thomas Pynchon From 1990, one battle after another presents DiCaprio as a failed revolutionary who is forced to save his teenage daughter when an enemy of his past reappears. The secondary cast includes Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor and Chase Infiniti In his film debut.
“I’ve never seen a film with a tone so close to that of ‘Dr. Strangelove’ by Stanley Kubrick,” Spielberg added in his praise. “This film brings a kind of absurd comedy, which is taken very seriously, because it greatly reflects what happens today, daily, throughout the country. But it takes it to a point where you want to laugh, because if you don’t laugh, you’re going to start shouting: ‘This is too real!’ And so I got that exit … more than nervousness, I had a great time laughing throughout the movie. But it is interesting to see where you laugh, where you allow us to laugh, and then when you stop it. ”
What do the first reactions of one battle say after another
On social media platforms, several members of the film press praised one battle after another as one of the outstanding films of 2025. Men’s Health Evan Roman writer called her “My movie number 1 of the year”while the film critic and presenter of Podcast Brett Arnold wrote in a similar way that it is “my favorite of the year.”
“I laughed the whole movie laugh; it is probably the most funny movie in Anderson, and in the end I moved so much that I cried,” Arnold added. “Sean Penn will win an incredibly deserved Oscar. And the action! My mother! I have not stopped thinking about persecution and what the camera does. ”
The editor and critic of Slash Film, Chris Evangelista, echoed the praise and described the film as “the modern American nightmare in Vistisión.”
The critic and presenter of “Beyond the Trailer”, Grace Randolph, at first had feelings found about the film, but as he advanced, she began to have doubts. “At first I hated him and it seemed ridiculous,” he wrote in X. “But … the more I think about it, the more I think I could say something. Benicio del Toro is having an incredible year; Maybe he has to name him for best cast actor chosen by critics”
The critic Edward Douglas praised both Dicaprio and Penn in X, writing that they are the two balanced sides of the struggle of good against evil. “Penn offers exceptional and absolutely amazing performance as the main antagonist of the film in ‘One battle after another’, which allows Leo to take care of most of the comic work,” he wrote. “Without a doubt, this will give much to talk about.”
The New York Times Pop Culture reporter Kyle Buchanan, considered that the film was one of the favorites for the Oscars in X, stating that it could be the film that allowed Anderson to obtain his first honor as best director.
One battle after another premieres in theaters on September 25 by Warner Bros.
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