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Robert Downey Jr. gives a nicely sardonic performance as Tony Stark, a rich playboy and the brilliant heir to his father's weapons manufacturing dynasty.
There are a few scenes in Iron Man that make you realize why we rely on giant studios and big budgets come the summer months.
A supremely confident, well-tooled entertainment. It's bound to be the early pace-maker for the oncoming glut of summer blockbusters.
At the end of the day it's Robert Downey Jr. who powers the lift-off separating this from most other superhero movies.
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The gadgetry is absolutely dazzling, the action is mostly exhilarating, the comedy is scintillating and the whole enormous enterprise throbs with dramatic energy.
As a first franchise entry and a blockbuster to kick off the summer season, Iron Man proves to be an excellent introduction.
Great action, lots of style, some iffy stuff.
If this is a taster for something even more impressive in the sequel touted for 2010, there is already a reason to get excited as the more we see of Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark, the better.
Clever and cogent beats idiotic and incoherent, and Iron Man is spryer than the overwhelming majority of films in its budget range.
If anyone doubted Marvel's ability to make the leap to full fledged studio, their first effort, Iron Man, should be enough to erase all doubts.
Intriguing for its meta-narrative of celebrity redemption
At its best, Iron Man serves as an unlikely vehicle for the irrepressible Downey, who redeems it from tedium with the apt one-liner and pratfall.
Iron Man is an appealing superhero movie. It's also clunky. It's welded together out of disparate pieces that clank and ping. Though at times it's leaden, Iron Man also has enough moments of pizazz to intermittently soar.
Robert Downey Jr brings his own unique persona to a superhero - and it's like nothing we've ever seen before.
A slickly-attractive, well-cast and solidly-constructed piece of mainstream action-adventure entertainment.
Downey is at his charismatic best, rendering believable Stark's transformation from self-indulgent jerk to socially conscious crusader.
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