A new survival thriller starringWoody Harrelsonhas earned his best Rotten Tomatoes score in some time. Harrelson is a multifaceted star who first rose to prominence as part of the cast of theiconic sitcomCheers, playing bartender Woody Boyd from season 4 through the series finale in season 11. Before the end of the show, he had already established himself as a rising movie star, having appeared in titles including 1991’sDoc Hollywoodand 1992’sWhite Men Can’t Jump.
SinceCheersended in the early 1990s, the number ofWoody Harrelson movieshas skyrocketed. This includes commercial hits like theHunger Gamesfranchise, theNow You See Memovies, and2012, but alsocritical darlings including the three movies that earned him Oscar nominations, namely the biographical dramaThe People vs. Larry Flynt, the war movieThe Messenger, and the Martin McDonagh crime dramaThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. His ability to embrace a multitude of genres extends to his new survival thriller, which is his latest movie to appeal to critics.
Last Breath Has Debuted With A Strong Rotten Tomatoes Score
The Underwater Thriller Has Won Over Critics
Last Breathhas been well-received by critics. The 2025 survival thriller moviestars Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu as deep-sea divers who must mount a rescue missionwhen an operation goes terribly wrong and their crewmate (Finn Cole) is trapped underwater without oxygen. TheLast Breathreleasekicks off on the last day of February. Although it is the biggest release of the weekend, it has major competition in the form of holdover titles includingCpatain America: Brave New World,The Monkey,Paddington in Peru,Dog Man, andNe Zha 2.
Ne Zha 2is a Chinese animated movie that recently surpassed Pixar’sInside Out 2to become the highest-grossing animated movie of all time worldwide.
Rotten Tomatoeshas now aggregated enough reviews forLast Breathto have an official score. At the time of writing, 24 different critics have weighed in and collectivelygiven the movie a solidly Fresh 83% scorewith an average rating of 6.8 out of 10. While the score could fluctuate as more reviews are added, it is currently Woody Harrelson’s best score for a non-documentary movie since 2017, when he starred in bothThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(90%) andWar for the Planet of the Apes(94%). Below, see a breakdown of his scores between 2017 and 2025:
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What This Means For Last Breath
It Could Strike A Chord With Audiences
While theWoody Harrelsonmovie’s average score is somewhat middling, it has received quite a bit of unalloyed praise as a meat-and-potatoes thriller. In fact, in Mae Abdulbaki’sLast BreathreviewforScreenRantsaid thatit “made me sit at the edge of my seat in anticipation.“This kind of praise and attention from critics could mean that the movie will strike audiences in the same way, making it a word-of-mouth hit that could overcome its current weak projections that show it premiering below week 3 ofCaptain America: Brave New Worldwith a sub-$10 million debut.
