Will Jordan

Will Jordan is a Scottish novelist, film critic and YouTuber. He runs the film review YouTube channel named The Critical Drinker, in which he discusses popular media from a reactionary perspective, critiquing what he describes as woke elements in films.

Career

2012–present: YouTube Jordan began producing videos for the website in the 2010s, before then publishing movie reviews on his YouTube channel. Many of his critiques are focused on identity politics and plot inconsistencies in modern films. According to him, a number of such movies have at times prioritized the promotion of leftist ideologies at the cost of effective storytelling. Jordan occasionally makes videos showing positive examples of Hollywood films. Most of his videos are narrated by his humorous "drinker" persona, which Die Welt described as "an exaggerated version of" Jordan himself.

Jordan has criticized movies such as Captain Marvel and the Star Wars Sequels for their feminist messaging and portrayal of men. His review of Captain Marvel, in which he played his persona for the first time, caused his channel to grow substantially. His review of Ghostbusters (2016) also gained popularity on the platform.

Jordan runs the Critical Drinker podcast on YouTube. During a conversation with Project Hail Mary author Andy Weir, Jordan praised the movie adaptation of the book as a quality science fiction film that appeals to a modern audience that grew up with Star Trek. During the conversation, Jordan defended the position that Paramount should remove all modern Star Trek shows, from Enterprise to Starfleet Academy, from the franchise's canon.

2012–2022: Author , Jordan has written and published eleven novels. His first novel was Redemption from 2012, and his latest being Dark Harvest from 2022.

Novelist Linda Wilson wrote on Crime Review about Jordan's third novel Betrayal that "If you like your thrillers fast, complex and realistic, you’ll feel at home here."

Personal life Jordan lives in Fife, Scotland,