Young Washington

This one survives on strong performances and Erwin’s confident sense of place — not groundbreaking cinema, but a well-made piece of American cinematic history.

It’s good—not a knockout by any means, but a modern example of the sort of movie that used to be a permanent asset in Hollywood’s studio portfolio: a well-crafted but accessible biopic about the maturation of a person who helped shape the nation’s image of itself.

It’s a story about a somewhat callow young man learning to put responsibility and ethics over ambition, and if that sounds dry, well, it is.

Young Washington is just competent enough to create that crisp tug of schoolkid patriotism the books we read as children provided. Nothing wrong with that, as long as you’re not an adult confusing feel-good heroism with the lessons of history.

Young Washington informs and illuminates as it passes the time between blasts of action. It’s the life, love and struggle beyond the edges of the screen, events outside of the adventures, social slights and Red Letter Dates that seems lacking.

It’s propaganda in the form of a history lesson in the shape of a summer blockbuster. If only it were even slightly entertaining — maybe they’ll tackle that in the inevitable sequel.

There can always be an interesting story to mine from great figures of the past, and while this one doesn’t step into complete hagiography (though it comes close to anointing him as blessed with divinity), it’s far from the nuanced portrait that is more deserved.

Surprisingly historically accurate and a very enjoyable watch. Has some parts with AI that look wonky but other than that, I have no complaints.

The actor playing Washington didn’t seem charismatic enough to be accepted as a leader by grizzled militiamen at such a young age. Otherwise the movie was good historical entertainment.

AI slop with terribly written dialogue. So done with Angel Studios and their moronic garbage

Using AI Generated slop for your movie, especially one as bad as Young Washington, make it incredibly hard to defend, but a certain group of people will defend it. Another major issue is the historical inaccuracies of this film, and making Washington an unlikeable character. Plus, it wasted solid actors like Kelsey Grammar, Ben Kingsley, and Andy Serkis (all of whom I assume were in it for an easy paycheck). 0/10, don't watch it, even when it ends up on streaming services.

Just terrible. Poor ... everything. I'm sure it will make much money, though, from those it has been specifically constructed.