—
Zip Wire
Film
225 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
—
No Data
Sentiment labels for these sources are still being hand-checked; no score yet.
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 16 | 50 | 136 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| TMDB reviews * | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
What people are saying
A written summary appears once the title has a score.
At a glance
Matchbox the Movie is a 2026 action comedy adventure film, directed by Sam Hargrave, starring John Cena, Jessica Biel and Arturo Castro.
- 190 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
- posts span Feb 4, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026
Assembled from TMDB, Wikidata and Steam fields and our own counts, nothing written by a model. Method
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
225 public posts have mentioned Matchbox the Movie so far, but it needs 10 opinionated reactions from checked sources before it gets a score. Seen it? Post your take.
Reactions
60 of 225 · most liked firstPatiently waiting for the internet to discover that Matchbox: The Movie contains a scene where Jessica Biel delivers a heartfelt eulogy that is ALSO an explicit commercial for Matchbox cars.
neutral · AI labelView post →This week’s ep has it all! Actor Arturo Castro talks about “Matchbox: The Movie”! ✔️ European podcast host Klaus Schmidt connects the dots between science and comedy. ✔️ And radio host Thandie Newman tells of his time spent among mythical creatures. ✔️
neutral · AI labelView post →There needs to be a name for licenced movies whose licence makes the movie less appealing. If you tell me I can go watch a film with big car chases and John Cena gets to do fights and quips, yeah sure, why not? Matchbox The Movie? Yeah, I'm good. Thanks though.
negative · AI labelView post →Having ripped into Apple TV's awful Matchbox: The Movie, I'm going to reverse my direction and offer the highest of praise for Tenzing, an account of the 1953 ascent of Everest. Genden Phuntsok and Tom Hiddleston star, plus Willem Dafoe's epic moustache. 4 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/10/22/t...
negative · AI labelView post →"What is this thing, like some sort of large Matchbox car?" - John Cena in Matchbox The Movie, probably
neutral · AI labelView post →MATCHBOX THE MOVIE is 2 hours and 9 minutes. I repeat... 2 hours. And 9 minutes.
neutral · AI labelView post →G'day all! Late night extra, from Matchbox, The Movie, 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback. 😁🔥🛞
neutral · AI labelView post →Smoked a joint, ordered pizza and sat down to watch Matchbox The Movie, immediately already annoyed that it’s two hours and nine minutes long
negative · AI labelView post →John Cena came dressed as a Dick Tracey villain while the rest of his castmates tried to keep up at the premiere of MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE tomandlorenzo.com/2026/10/sam-...
neutral · AI labelView post →We got one! MATCHBOX THE MOVIE (2026) becomes the 9️⃣7️⃣3️⃣rd film we've found with an exploding helicopter. 🚁💥🎥 Thanks to @thewykah.bsky.social and @tcoogs.bsky.social for the tip-offs!
neutral · AI labelView post →The producers of “Matchbox the Movie” just high-fived.
neutral · AI labelView post →Apple paid a visit to San Diego Comic-Con, hosting a two-hour panel and revealing new trailers for "Dark Matter," "Neuromancer," and the loosely toy-based "Matchbox The Movie."
neutral · AI labelView post →G'day all, for a change of pace tonight we've got the Matchbox, The Movie, Chevy Stock Car. 🔥🛞😉
neutral · AI labelView post →First teaser for Apple TV’s Neuromancer debuts at SDCC. Plus Mike Flanagan’s "Carrie" gets a teaser, trailers for "Dark Matter" S2 and "Matchbox the Movie," and a bit of Marvel casting news. arstechnica.com/culture/2026...
neutral · AI labelView post →MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE has as much to do with the Matchbox toy line as Steven Spielberg's LINCOLN has to do with Lincoln Logs, but whatever. The ensemble cast is game and sometimes funny, and EXTRACTION director Steve Hargraves churns out a couple cool action sequences. My review is at @thewrap.com!
neutral · AI labelView post →MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE star Jessica Biehl came to Late Night in Autumn Woman mode tomandlorenzo.com/2026/10/matc...
neutral · AI labelView post →I keep getting shown ads for Matchbox: The Movie and the pitch really feels like it’s “hey you like John Cena right”
negative · AI labelView post →I just saw a trailer for Matchbox: The Movie, and... is Matchbox a property I should know outside of its existence as cinema
neutral · AI labelView post →MATCHBOX THE MOVIE (2026) Streaming: October 9, 2026 Apple TV #MatchboxTheMovie whentostream.com/action-adven...
neutral · AI labelView post →MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE star Jessica Biel tried to distract from a goofy-as-hell frock with some killer Schiaparelli earrings, but girl, it didn't work tomandlorenzo.com/2026/10/jess...
neutral · AI labelView post →MATCHBOX THE MOVIE (yes that is the title) is 127 minutes long.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sam Hargrave’s ‘Matchbox: The Movie’ premieres October 9th on Apple TV. Starring John Cena, Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Arturo Castro, and Teyonah Parris. #MatchboxTheMovie #Mattel
neutral · AI labelView post →G'day all! Saturday night extra, the 2024 Triumph Scrambler, Matchbox The Movie. 😁🔥🛞🏍
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE (2026) the 7️⃣2️⃣9️⃣th film I've seen with an exploding helicopter. 🚁💥📽️ In what's a very formulaic film, I was stunned to see the film swerve the opportunity for a character to exclaim, "We got company". Instead, it had them say, "We have visitors."
neutral · AI labelView post →MATCHBOX THE MOVIE (2026) - Official Trailer Streaming: October 9, 2026 Apple TV #MatchboxTheMovie whentostream.com/apple-releas...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hiya folks! Apologies for letting everyone know so late, but no new episode this week. I know everyone was looking forward to our thoughts on *checks notes* …MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE? Well, life stuff got in the way. Check back next week for STREET FIGHTER.
neutral · AI labelView post →For some reason I watched the trailer for MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE. Why did I do that?
negative · AI labelView post →Let's take a look at the last three movies from Skydance and David Ellison. Fountain of Youth cost $180 million and made nothing. Mayday cost $150 million and made nothing. Matchbox The Movie cost $160 million and made nothing. Anyone see a pattern here? 1 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/10/19/m...
neutral · AI labelView post →For some reason we watched Matchbox the Movie [2026] and it was as bad as the reviews said. A much better title would have been Baby’s First Mission: Impossible.
negative · AI labelView post →[P] Matt's "Patiently waiting for the internet to discover that Matchbox: The Movie contains a scene where Jessica Biel delivers a heartfelt eulogy that is ALSO an explicit commercial for Matchbox cars" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by his t-shirt
neutral · AI labelView post →From 7th Heaven and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to The Sinner and Matchbox: The Movie ... JESSICA BIEL is on Collider Ladies Night! Catch our full conversation here: youtu.be/eW6EbHKVTpE
neutral · AI labelView post →#AllTheFNMovies 624 #NowWatching Matchbox The Movie 2026 Dir. Sam Hargrave John Cena Jessica Biel Sam Richardson Teyonah Parris Arturo Castro Danai Gurira #FilmSky #MutantFam #Action #ActionSky
neutral · AI labelView post →I already want to write a gritty remake of “Matchbox: The Movie” called “Dinky Toys: The Real Story”
neutral · AI labelView post →“Matchbox: The Movie” is pointless, silly, and utterly ridiculous. I liked it as a complete escape [gestures frantically at all this] movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Matchbox: The Movie would be more fun if it featured Matchbox vehicles at scale. This just looks like an action comedy that they couldn’t find a more appropriate title for.
negative · AI labelView post →Unless John Cena is driving a tiny car in MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE isn't this just Fast & Furious?
negative · AI labelView post →‘Matchbox: The Movie’ Begins a Grim Era for Hollywood - by @maxfromquebec.bsky.social #moviesky #filmsky thecosmiccircus.com/matchbox-the...
neutral · AI labelView post →Matchbox: The Movie is as off the peg as they come but the cast is ridiculously good (Just RIDICULOUSLY good) and it's got a nice line in inclusion and wit 'Sorry they are not good at hospitality but if you want to kill someone? They are VERY cheap.'
neutral · AI labelView post →MATCHBOX THE MOVIE - pretty much the apotheosis of Skydance's "movies as Product" working thesis - a collection of stuff you've seen before in better movies smooshed together to remind you of how movies were good once, including a blatant lift from INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE of all things
negative · AI labelView post →#MatchboxTheMovie #ReelRank #AppleTV #Filmsky reelrank.net/r/0002ux
neutral · AI labelView post →Talking about Backrooms and Matchbox: the Movie this week. ntab.substack.com/p/weekly-bri...
neutral · AI labelView post →Matchbox: The Movie What the fuck are we doing people
negative · AI labelView post →MATCHBOX THE MOVIE! Uhhhhh, no! No all around. More in my @avclub.com review: www.avclub.com/matchbox-the...
negative · AI labelView post →Matchbox: The Movie Listen, it's fine. Carried mostly by the charisma of its 6 leads. The editing was abysmal, the action was incomprehensible, the physics abominable, and I'm pretty sure they used AI to generate a fair bit of the special effects. But, yeah, charismatic actors can do a lot.
neutral · AI labelView post →Chat friends and I were captioning still frames of Matchbox: the Movie this past Saturday, and I was thinking of this, the entire time.
neutral · AI labelView post →For the record I could talk about Matchbox: The Movie all day, it's so weird. Please invite me on a podcast so I can get this out of my system. I have a voice once described as "pretty good."
neutral · AI labelView post →Currently watching MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE! And while it's a sustainable action movie that's basically a rip off of The Fast & The Furious, the constant tie backs to the matchbox franchise are well, about what you'd expect.
neutral · AI labelView post →Another recent movie I enjoyed more than most of my fellow "critics:" "Matchbox: The Movie." It's no masterpiece, but it is considerably more entertaining than the last two "M:I" films. The only thing that puzzled me was the title since its connection to Matchbox toys is tenuous at best.
positive · AI labelView post →Do you enjoy fun, silly, almost goofy action comedies? Then may I recommend Matchbox: The Movie, which is exactly as you’d expect from a John Cena action film that forces a weird IP into an action film that isn’t car focused. Doesnt matter, its as light as cotton candy but with good one liners.
positive · AI labelView post →The trailer for MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE looks like an SNL skit where they re-enact a Fast & the Furious movie but everyone keeps saying "Matchbox"
neutral · AI labelView post →New @cityweekly.bsky.social reviews of this week's theatrical and streaming releases: THE SOCIAL RECKONING; ANGEL AND THE BADMAN; THE BEAST; THE LAKE; BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY; MATCHBOX THE MOVIE. www.cityweekly.net/film/film-re...
neutral · AI labelView post →Horror, dark comedies, action, and more. New reviews for Klara and the Sun, V/H/S Mixtape, Christmas at the Kringles, Matchbox: The Movie, Bad Apples, Other Mommy, Animals, and California Schemin’ via We Live Entertainment - tinyurl.com/tv6w2wma
neutral · AI labelView post →Add "for Tax Purposes" to a movie: MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE FOR TAX PURPOSES
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched Matchbox: the Movie. I didn’t hate anything. But I don’t remember anything about it.
neutral · AI labelView post →So, there's a film called Matchbox: The Movie It occasionally has small model cars in it. Although not very often. Other than that, I honestly can find no connection/reason for the film's title. Also, the plot is so thin as to not exist. Oh, it has Jessica Biel in it. And John Cena. I'm mystified.
negative · AI labelView post →#158 Matchbox THE MOVIE! Honk fuckin shoo man
negative · AI labelView post →Tried to watch Matchbox: The Movie [2026] After the appalling AI opening and utter lack of substance I had to stop after 10 minutes. If this is the soulless shit Skydance will pump out straight into a streaming sewer, I hope they soon collapse into the void. Then a real film studio can take over.
negative · AI labelView post →Matchbox the Movie is much funnier than I expected it to be.
positive · AI labelView post →Saw an advert for Matchbox: The Movie the other day, and it left me a bit baffled. How can you turn a purely vehicular toy range into a film? It’s like calling Pearl Harbour “The Airfix Movie”.
negative · AI labelView post →Distributors are risk-averse, meanwhile there are incredible indies being made. But, no, they're happy to buy things like...(checks notes)...Matchbox: The Movie (Apple funded that for AppleTV but my point still stands).
negative · AI labelView post →
Posts are quoted from public profiles with links to the original. Want yours removed? Contact us.
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
