Will Poulter and Noah Centineo were both part of the ensemble cast of Alex Garland’s Warfare — one of our favorite movies of 2025 — and now they’ve reunited for a different story that sounds harrowing all the same. Union County immerses its stars into a real-life drug court program in Ohio to take an unblinking look at opioid addiction. After premiering at Sundance earlier this year, the film has accumulated a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score ahead of its release on the 2026 movie calendar. So what do the reviews say?
Union County stars Will Poulter as Cody Parsons and Noah Centineo as his foster brother Jack. They’re surrounded by nonprofessional actors, including recovery liaison Annett Deao playing herself, who have actually gone through the program and share their personal stories. That authenticity is a big reason the movie is connecting with Rotten Tomatoes critics. Katie Rife of IndieWire gives it a B in her review, writing:
