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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 53 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "A prison picture with a terrific pair of lead performances by David Jonsson and Tom Blyth, Wasteman is harrowing, superbly acted across the board, and revealing about the incentives for violence in the correctional system." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Selina Sonderman of The Upcoming wrote, "In an immersive journey, Wasteman escalates from gritty prison drama to pulse-pounding suspense, powered by its remarkable…
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60 of 127 · most liked firstI guess everyone's favourite prison drama is Shawshank, but there's plenty other good ones, from Escape from Alcatraz to McVicar. Tom Blyth and David Jonsson both deliver powerful performances in Cal McMau's tough drama Wasteman, in UK cinemas Friday 20th 2026. 4/5 film-authority.com/2026/02/16/w...
positive · AI labelView post →Morning Marsha, Kitty, all! 👋 Swingin' opener! 😎 I just discovered this amazing music video that I was hoping to share, and it turns out the song has been used in UK film "Wasteman" just this year, so I can! 🎉 TOKEN 1 - Jamie xx - "Gosh" This vid uses no CGI, it's all real! 🤯
neutral · AI labelView post →EXCLUSIVE 🚨 David Jonsson and Tom Blyth's Wasteman is not the “Hollywood version” of a prison movie. “This is about real people,” Jonsson tells Empire. “This is about our justice system and the wrecked product it creates.” Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Some recommendations from my recently enjoyed media consumption list… TV: Widow's Bay, Taskmaster S21, Legends (Netflix) Film: Obsession, Power Ballad, Exiled (Johnnie To), Wasteman Books: the Dungeon Crawler Carl series
neutral · AI labelView post →WASTEMAN hit #1 on Netflix, shout to everyone watching it My score for it is now pay what you can for Bandcamp Friday + I'm donating digital sales to Switchback, a charity working with young men going through the justice system who advised on the film forestswords.bandcamp.com/album/wastem...
positive · AI labelView post →WASTEMAN (2025) Streaming: May 19, 2026 VOD/Digital (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.) #Wasteman whentostream.com/prison-drama...
neutral · AI labelView post →Third film on Mubi, Wasteman. #filmsky #letterboxd #LastFourWatched boxd.it/NTi2
neutral · AI labelView post →WASTEMAN (2025) Streaming: July 3, 2026 MUBI #Wasteman whentostream.com/prison-drama...
neutral · AI labelView post →David Jonsson continues to be one of my favorite rising stars. For the @latimes.com, I reviewed his latest, the prison drama WASTEMAN.
neutral · AI labelView post →David Jonsson at the Quad Cinema in New York City for a screening of his newest film, ‘Wasteman.’ 📸: Getty / John Lamparski 🎥: Now playing in U.S. theaters
neutral · AI labelView post →I still haven’t finished watching Wasteman yet. Not because David Jonsson (the actor who Ryan Coogler pinged for Black Panther 3) is not good but the film itself is ROUGH. Films set in prison affect me worse than war films. I can watch many war films because I read them as inherently anti-war idc.😭
negative · AI labelView post →WASTEMAN My original score for the BAFTA nominated prison film Out today 🗝️ Bandcamp pay what you like + streaming li.sten.to/wasteman-ost
neutral · AI labelView post →Trailers: The Secret Agent, How to Make a Killing, Wasteman, Arco I can recall the last time a movie made so fidgety and uncomfortable in my own seat. Not helped that I had to rush to the loo very near the end, and not miss the ending (luckily I didn't).
neutral · AI labelView post →David Jonsson and Tom Blyth are cellmates in the first trailer for Cal McMau's British prison drama Wasteman. The film hits UK cinemas on 20 February 2026. Watch it here: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
neutral · AI labelView post →An excellent and brutal film about prison life that makes Scum look like Grange Hill. #wasteman #davidjonsson #prisonfilm
positive · AI labelView post →Wasteman is another excellent 90min movie
positive · AI labelView post →Watched WASTEMAN (2025) the prison movie ingredients are very familiar, but the excellent performances elevate the material.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND’ wins Best Screenplay at the 28th British Independent Film Awards. Written by Harry Wootliff, the drama beat out nominees including ‘WASTEMAN’ and ‘PILLION’. #TheBalladOfWallisIsland #BIFA #HarryWootliff
neutral · AI labelView post →Film 2 of #LFF went to #Wasteman and what can I say about David Jonsson that hasn’t been said already. We are witnessing a generational talent here. Another phenomenal performance. His vulnerability drives the film, even when the film could have pushed its subject more. Still, a good watch.
positive · AI labelView post →Film report: Wasteman (2026): set in a UK prison, very visceral The Rip (2026): dumb cop on cop action, pretty good twist Roofman (2025): story of Jeffrey Manchester (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey...), great stuff Bandit (2022): story of Gilbert Galvan (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert...), okayish
neutral · AI labelView post →Check out WASTEMAN for more "David Jonsson is one of our most astounding actors ever" evidence.
positive · AI labelView post →When your calculations about what to see at the multiplex tonight are not predicated on the film you WANT to see but on which audience is least likely to be annoying & necessitate walking out before the end. MAITRES DE L'UNIVERS? SCARY MOVIE? WASTEMAN? STAR WARS? DEEP WATER? (The Spielberg can wait)
neutral · AI labelView post →My final two films for @BFI London Film Festival today....it's Rental Family followed by Wasteman
neutral · AI labelView post →#DavidJonsson and #TomBlyth at #TIFF chatting with @pnemiroff.bsky.social from @colliderdotcom.bsky.social about the importance of their film #Wasteman and why both actors jumped at the opportunity. Plus, Jonsson teases what to expect from Andy in the #AlienRomulus sequel. youtu.be/ao2LvpOi67c?...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're into Prison stuff, and haven't seen the film Wasteman yet, get on it.
positive · AI labelView post →#AugustMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 11: Prison in a movie 🎥 Wasteman (2025) Another stellar performance by David Jonsson 🤍👌🏾
positive · AI labelView post →He's very good in Alien: Romulus and Wasteman, the British prison film. Also, he's British.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched that film Wasteman last night. Thought it was really good. A bit bleak but it was good.
positive · AI labelView post →Wasteman It's really nice to watch a movie that does everything it sets out to do in exactly 90 minutes. This was a spiritual cleanse for me after 2h7m of Iron Lung
positive · AI labelView post →My review of Wasteman (dir. Cal McCau) is up here: www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi, @sdedwards89.bsky.social here with a stacked #FilmRoundup! Our #FilmoftheWeek is Oscar contender The Secret Agent, plus we check out Wasteman, Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, The Testament of Ann Lee and Cold Storage. ^SE geekybrummie.com/film/film-ro...
neutral · AI labelView post →Wasteman – Watch David Jonsson and Tom Blyth in the trailer for the new British thriller https://www.liveforfilm.com/2025/12/09/wasteman-watch-david-jonsson-and-tom-blyth-in-the-trailer-for-the-new-british-thriller/ #Wasteman #film #DavidJonsson #TomBlyth #CalMcMau
neutral · AI labelView post →Some late breaking additions -- The Smashing Machine, and the best film I've seen so far: Wasteman.
positive · AI labelView post →Fresh VOD 1/2 Mubi PHANTOMS OF JULY WASTEMAN Shudder A GRAND MOCKERY TOUCH ME Crave BANG MY BOX: ROBIN BYRD STORY NIRVANNA BAND SHOW MOVIE Criterion ARE WE GOOD? TWO PROSECUTORS Netflix ENOLA HOLMES 3 LITTLE BROTHER Prime DRIVER'S ED PROJECT HAIL MARY SHEEP DETECTIVES Disney READY OR NOT 2
neutral · AI labelView post →BGN interviews David Jonsson and Tom Blyth for the new film Wasteman.
neutral · AI labelView post →Barney Page’s review of WASTEMAN is live! This isn't your typical "tough guy" trope. Director Calum Macdiarmid and lead David Jonsson have delivered a claustrophobic, visceral masterpiece that interrogates the UK justice system without pulling a single punch. www.framerated.co.uk/wasteman-2026/
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching #Wasteman I'm staying this right now, if David Johnsson doesn't go on to achieve great, great things I'd be very surprised. The man is a brilliant actor, exceptional. The film is very good so far too.
positive · AI labelView post →(Look, it is a busy week for film releases this week: Cold Storage Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die The Moment Wasteman)
neutral · AI labelView post →Seated for Wasteman. Second film of the day. I’ve been wandering Glasgow for 3+ hours in between films so I’m very glad to be back at the cinema.
neutral · AI labelView post →New clip from ‘WASTEMAN’ starring Tom Blyth and David Jonsson has been released. The film hits theaters February 20. #Wasteman #TomBlyth
neutral · AI labelView post →Wasteman got picked up for US theatrical Apr 17 Thank you BIFAs and everyone who watched people we meet on vacation variety.com/2026/film/gl...
neutral · AI labelView post →The New Black Film Collective's PictureEast Film Festival is back! 20 Jan - 1 Feb, with titles such as Akinola Davies Jr.’s My Father’s Shadow & David Jonsson starrer Wasteman as part of the lineup. PictureEast is supported by Film London’s Spotlight programme. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J0g...
neutral · AI labelView post →Wasteman – Watch David Jonsson and Tom Blyth in the trailer for the new British thriller bit.ly/48tsewH #Wasteman #film #DavidJonsson #TomBlyth #CalMcMau
neutral · AI labelView post →I was finally able to write my last review from the London Film Festival! 😅 I loved Cal McMau's WASTEMAN! Here are my thoughts 👇
positive · AI labelView post →My favorite movies from London Film Festival: Train Dreams, Wasteman, Pillion, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Is This Thing On, Die My Love, The Secret Agent, Palestine 36, Bugonia.
positive · AI labelView post →Wasteman - movie first look: teaser-trailer.com/movie/wastem... A bold new vision of life inside prison. Starring Tom Blyth, David Jonsson, Neil Linpow, Robert Rhodes, Corin Silva, Jack Barker, Layton Blake Release date: September 06, 2025 #TomBlyth #Wasteman #WastemanMovie
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night, Switchback hosted our first ever parliamentary event! We brought together MPs, Peers, our supporters and people working across the justice sector to join us for a special screening of BAFTA-nominated Lionsgate film Wasteman.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching Wasteman, 2025.
neutral · AI labelView post →One Minute Movie Review: Wasteman 🎥🇬🇧⛓️💥💊 #Wasteman #movie #film #fyp #moviereview Find me on @letterboxd: aliyalangley boxd.it/4mv7t No. 293 This British prison film stars David Jonsson and Tom Blyth.
neutral · AI labelView post →Wasteman, 2025 - ★★★★ 📽️ #FilmSky #Movies #Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/benjessup/film/wasteman/
positive · AI labelView post →He's in a new-ish movie called Wasteman, and it is incredible. He is one of my favorite new and it is exciting to see him become a bigger star.
positive · AI labelView post →Film 247 for '26 ▶️ As parole nears, Taylor is hopeful to reconnect with the son he's never met. However, when his new cellmate tries to climb the prison hierarchy, it puts his chance at freedom - and his life - in jeopardy: #NowWatching "Wasteman" (2026) #Film #PhysicalMedia
neutral · AI labelView post →_Wasteman_ (2025), i don't exactly love prison movies (_Riki-Oh_ the exception) so it was a bit out of my wheelhouse, but a solid watch. good tension, good performances.
neutral · AI labelView post →May 26th: Wasteman (Cal McCau, 2025, FilmHallen) NL: www.moviemeter.nl/film/1167075... Brutally raw British prison film is a very promising debut by Cal McCau (Bafta nomination). 📽️ #filmsky #cinema #film #movies
neutral · AI labelView post →#Wasteman #MovieReview #MisterFilmStock #MisterFilmStockReviews Wasteman - Movie Review youtu.be/lz1Epzob0Jo?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I am a sucker for a gritty prison thriller. Not only is the setting tailor-made for suspense, they are often a showcase for exciting new talent. The new movie with Wasteman is no different, with David Jonsson and Tom Blyth as mismatched cellmates. My @spectrumculture.bsky.social review.
positive · AI labelView post →‘Wasteman’ Review: David Jonsson and Tom Blyth Add Character to a Brawny but Familiar Prison Drama British actor David Jonsson is only five films into his career, but you’d already know his gaze anywhere: Even in a film as spry and bright as the 2023 romcom “Rye Lane,” those crinkly, … #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →#Wasteman is one of 2026's best movies so far. The talented David Jonsson and Tom Blyth spoke about their intense filming, Blyth doing a full-frontal nude scene, and more. www.comingsoon.net/movies/featu...
neutral · AI labelView post →Wasteman (2025) - Movie Review www.flickeringmyth.com/movie-review...
neutral · AI labelView post →WASTEMAN is a new Brit prison film starring two of the best young Brit actors of the day - Tom Blyth and David Jonsson Just got to see the film with a Q&A and it's great!
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