The site's critics consensus reads, "An urgent and timely biopic that's as sumptuous as it is searing, Red, White, and Blue is a triumph that gives the undeniably talented John Boyega the starring role he deserves.

K. Austin Collins of Rolling Stone wrote that "The tense urgency we feel throughout this movie owes in great part to its structure, which, particularly in some of the argumentative family scenes, has a way of dredging up a thousand things at once, because any one rift risks giving everyone the excuse to lay bare all the despair and disagreement that'd been suppressed to that point.

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote that Boyega "takes his career to the next level with a heroic and even tragic portrayal of Logan," and compared the performance to Al Pacino's in Serpico.

[7] Kevin Maher of The Times called it Boyega's "most commanding" performance, commending his "simmering restraint, with wide-eyed naivety and with brief moments of fulminating rage.

"[8] Writing for The Ringer, Justin Charity observed that the film "hinges on the classic contest within minority groups: assimilation versus subversion," and compared its complex portrayal of bigoted police officers favorably to the anthology series Lovecraft Country.