On Sunday, Zack Snyder’s brand-new film, The Last Photograph, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of its “special events” segment.It has since received mixed reviews from critics. For instance, film editor, writer, and critic Barry Hertz offered a sarcastic review on X. He wrote:“THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH: Snyder’s version of The Quiet American represents a certain nadir for TIFF programming. But don’t worry — this lurid, turgid, and not a little bit racist tour upriver will likely never escape Toronto in its current form #TIFF26.”Netizens are now reacting to the reviews. Disclaimer: The following are unverified social-media reactions and do not represent the views of this publication; no claims of illegality or wrongdoing have been substantiated.A X user wrote:“Streets are saying the new Zack Snyder movie is racist.”Many people joined the conversation and shared similar reactions.“They’re saying Snyder’s new movie is racist, sexist, and similar to Sound of Freedom. Yikes, man,” a person wrote.“Hopefully this puts the nail in the Zack Snyder directing anything ever coffin. Dude is atrocious outside of Army of the Dead, Watchmen, and 300,” another individual commented.“It’s almost like Zack Snyder sucks at making movies! Who knew?!?” a X user asked.Others defended Zack Snyder and his new movie.“Failed filmmakers turn into film critics are the sadists... keep crying and Zack Snyder will keep making films,” a fan wrote.“I’m sorry, but still tryna push the misogynist or racist Zack Snyder narratives in 2026???” an individual asked.“You people are insane. Could you even try to write a normal review? Instead of one that is clearly full of hate… You've always hated Snyder movies, but then you praised Gunn’s Superman,” one netizen added.Exploring other reviews of Zack Snyder’s The Last PhotographNext Best Picture owner and editor-in-chief Matt Neglia wrote his review on X. He began:“I’m sure Zack Snyder believes he’s made something far more profound and artful than his previous work with THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH, and in some ways, he has. Unfortunately, it’s still a tedious, frustrating, and grueling experience. Easily the worst film I’ve seen at TIFF so far.”Neglia continued:“Slower-paced and stripped of much of the cinematic flair that has defined his career, it instead exposes Snyder’s shortcomings as a storyteller through misguided scripting choices, gratuitous violence and n*dity, wooden dialogue, and hollow performances. By the end, I genuinely wanted this to be the last film I ever have to see from him.”Matt, who is also the host of the NBP Podcast, claimed that Snyder “desperately needs to stop” filming his own movies and “return to adapting” strong materials. He added:“If such a drastic stylistic change from him still can’t produce a competent film, then he should go back to the drawing board to better understand the basic fundamentals of effective storytelling, because THIS IS NOT IT.”Michigan-based critic Nate Adams offered a brief review on X, in which he wrote:“Borderline embarrassing TIFF let in THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH. Absolutely abysmal.”Fellow critic Elizabeth Mulloy offered a harsher criticism, writing:“Put Zack Snyder in directors’ jail permanently. THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH is dogs**t. It’s aimless, contrived, misogynistic, convoluted, messy, overtly long, abysmal, repetitive, slow, shallow, and downright awful. Only positive: it looked pretty #tiff.”The Last Photograph is Snyder’s 13th feature film and first indie production. The action thriller was co-written by Zack and his longtime collaborator and screenwriter Kurt Johnstad. Its plot synopsis reads:“An ex-DEA agent searches South American mountains for his murdered diplomat siblings’ children, aided by a junkie photographer who saw the killers, confronting past demons as reality blurs in remote wilderness.”Snyder served as the cameraman and cinematographer on his “passion project,” the story of which was adapted from his original screenplay from two decades ago.The film stars Stuart Martin and Fra Fee in key roles. Hans Zimmer, Omer Benyamin, and Steven Doar composed the music.