Slant Magazine by Pat Brown

The film is an unnervingly beautiful tribute to the lives lost during the Holodomor, and to the people who have seen the world for what it is, instead of the dream of it they’re instructed to believe.

The Observer (UK) by Wendy Ide

A subplot about George Orwell is perhaps surplus to requirements, but otherwise the film is a striking, efficient political thriller.

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

Mr Jones is a bold and heartfelt movie with a real Lean-ian sweep.

The New Yorker by Anthony Lane

Is it conceivable that Holland’s bleak, murky, and instructive film could prompt a change of heart in the current Russian establishment, or even a confession of crimes past? Not a chance.

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

More than anything, Mr. Jones is an argument for witnessing and remembrance.

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

But Norton makes a sturdy, inexperienced but curious hero, a man every bit as idealistic about “the truth” and Sarsgaard’s Duranty is about “a movement bigger than any one person,” his “agenda.”

RogerEbert.com by Tomris Laffly

Holland’s film manages to get under one’s skin on the whole, remaining a compelling watch throughout in spite of its rambling feel.

The Playlist by Kevin Jagernauth

Holland’s focused effort doesn’t let us forget the respect we owe to the writers behind the headlines and stories we idly click through that often come to us through great personal and spiritual risk.

Variety by Guy Lodge

As drama, Mr. Jones sometimes struggles to get out of its own way, but its message still lands with concrete force.

Screen Daily by Jonathan Romney

With a cast impressively headed by James Norton, and cinematography that captures the bleakness of winter and deprivation to grimly palatable effect, Holland’s drama comes across in part as a meticulously mounted, sometimes solemn history lesson.

CineVue

Holland’s film is particularly taken with that old image of the heroic journalist in a deceitful world.

Time Out by Phil de Semlyen

If a subplot showing Orwell writing ‘Animal Farm’ as he becomes persuaded by Jones’s evidence doesn’t entirely work, there’s plenty in this thoughtful journalism drama that does. And not a single scene in a car park.

Empire

Anchored by a steadfast James Norton, Mr. Jones doesn’t grip as it should, but is a timely, well-made reminder about the importance of reporting the truth when the world doesn’t believe you.

The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney

Nothing on either side comes close to the trenchancy or grim poetry of Jones' harrowing odyssey, which is as it should be. But there's also no reason for all the political obstructionism and journalistic frustration to be so windy.

IndieWire by David Ehrlich

Mr. Jones is stymied by the clarity of its hero’s crusade. Exasperatingly scattershot for most of its long running time, this restless and misshapen film suggests its director’s nagging discomfort with a straightforward history lesson.