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Saturday 31 October 2026

The Mosquito Bowl reviews: critics split on Berg's war film

Peter Berg's The Mosquito Bowl opened in US cinemas on 30 October and reaches Netflix on 25 November. Critics praise the combat but not the characters.

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Peter Berg's The Mosquito Bowl, the Netflix film about a football game played by Marines on Guadalcanal before the battle of Okinawa, is out in American cinemas, and the critics can't agree on it. One calls it among the best antiwar films he's seen. Others call it slick, macho and full of clichés.

Marines in fatigues play a dusty game of football in a tent camp in a still from The Mosquito Bowl — A still from Peter Berg's war film The Mosquito Bowl. Photo: Kane Skennar / Netflix

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