People Are Reviewing the GTA 6 Trailer on Letterboxd Like It's a Movie — and the Jokes Are Stellar
The Grand Theft Auto VI "extended look" premiered on Netflix on August 27, and within days people were logging and rating it on Letterboxd — the social platform built for reviewing films — as though it were a theatrical release. GameSpot
Rockstar Games announced the premiere on August 6 via its newswire, with the 25-plus-minute presentation arriving on Netflix and Rockstar's official YouTube channel the same day. The footage was captured entirely from in-game play on a PlayStation 5, according to Rockstar's own description of the extended look. Rockstar Games
What followed was a flood of Letterboxd reviews treating a video game trailer with the same critical seriousness — and absurdity — usually reserved for Cannes entries.
User Stephanie Gillespie gave it one star out of five, calling it "limply edited-together footage of Grand Theft Auto." Another top-rated review referenced "Cyberleek's execution" at the start of the trailer, a nod to the ongoing GTA 6 leaks that have surfaced online over the past year. User eddyburback criticised the trailer's structure and animation but praised the gameplay. GameSpot
Not everyone was on board with the premise. User Atrius asked plainly: "So we are logging ads now?" User Albert posted the meme "GTA in Letterboxd before GTA VI," capturing the oddity of a game appearing on a film database before players can actually play it. One reviewer jokingly called the trailer "Netflix's Oscar contender for best short film." GameSpot
The jokes extended to the cast. Multiple reviewers compared protagonist Jason Duval's voice to Tom Hardy's muffled Bane from The Dark Knight Rises, noting that both characters share a habit of mumbling near-incomprehensibly.
The two official GTA 6 trailers released prior to the extended look had accumulated almost 500 million combined views on YouTube as of the extended look's release, according to the BBC. BBC News
Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled to launch on November 19, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, according to listings on both Rockstar's Netflix page and Xbox's official store. Netflix's listing page for the extended look carries the same date. The game was originally announced with a 2025 window, then moved to May 26, 2026 per a Rockstar newswire post in May 2025, before settling on the November date. Rockstar Games · Xbox.com
Pre-orders officially opened on June 25, 2026 across digital storefronts and select retailers, as announced by Rockstar on June 18. Rockstar Games
For now, the game itself remains months away. On Letterboxd, the reviews are already in.
