Iron Man (2008)

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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.

July 14, 2010 Full Review | Comments (2)

J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

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.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Laremy Legel

Film.com

Top Critic

A supremely confident, well-tooled entertainment. It's bound to be the early pace-maker for the oncoming glut of summer blockbusters.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

Tom Charity

CNN.com

Top Critic

At the end of the day it's Robert Downey Jr. who powers the lift-off separating this from most other superhero movies.

June 20, 2008 Full Review | Comments (5)

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Jon Favreau's 'Iron Man': The $100-Million Iraq War Movie

May 9, 2008 Full Review | Comments (8)

Joe Baltake

Passionate Moviegoer

Top Critic

The gadgetry is absolutely dazzling, the action is mostly exhilarating, the comedy is scintillating and the whole enormous enterprise throbs with dramatic energy.

May 2, 2008 Full Review

Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Top Critic

Indeed, the entire script is a thing of beauty. Stark possesses a bone-dry sense of humor that reveals itself throughout the film.

April 12, 2013 Full Review

Patrick Rollens

Paste Magazine

Why did Iron Man seem so slight to me when I've watched it on my computer? Quite possibly these "event" pictures need a huge screen and a pounding sound system to convince viewers of their worth.

January 8, 2013 Full Review

Brandon Judell

CultureCatch

A grand superhero movie that features a brilliant performance by Robert Downey Jr., in one of his best roles.

December 25, 2012 Full Review

John Hanlon

Big Hollywood

Iron Man is funny without being silly, yet can kick ass to the moon and back when the chips are down.

October 14, 2012 Full Review

Ali Gray

TheShiznit.co.uk

With its first self-financed production, Marvel has produced one of the best superhero movies ever made, pure popcorn pleasure for its special effects, its story, its villain, and its hero.

February 18, 2012 Full Review

Nell Minow

Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

As a first franchise entry and a blockbuster to kick off the summer season, Iron Man proves to be an excellent introduction.

July 14, 2011 Full Review

Simon Reynolds

Digital Spy

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.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Mike Barnard

Future Movies UK

Clever and cogent beats idiotic and incoherent, and Iron Man is spryer than the overwhelming majority of films in its budget range.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Adam Nayman

Reverse Shot

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.

June 12, 2010 Full Review

Ian Buckwalter

DCist

Intriguing for its meta-narrative of celebrity redemption

August 26, 2009 Full Review

Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

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.

April 23, 2009 Full Review

Peter Keough

Boston Phoenix

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.

February 1, 2009 Full Review

Tony Macklin

Fayetteville Free Weekly

Robert Downey Jr brings his own unique persona to a superhero - and it's like nothing we've ever seen before.

October 30, 2008 Full Review

Victor Olliver

Teletext

A slickly-attractive, well-cast and solidly-constructed piece of mainstream action-adventure entertainment.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

Brent Simon

Screen International

• 1. Obadiah Stane: Give up Tony! My suit is more superior to yours in every way!
  2. Tony Stark: How'd you solve the icing problem?
  3. Obadiah Stane: Icing problem?
  4. Tony Stark: Might want to look into it.
  – Submitted by Andrew D (21 days ago)
• 1. Tony Stark: Give me a scotch. I'm starving.
  – Submitted by gage l (43 days ago)
• 1. Tony Stark: [when Pepper catches him in the Iron Man suit] Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing.
  – Submitted by David G (5 months ago)
• 1. Tony Stark: We gotta go. Come on, move with me. We got a plan, and we're going to stick to it.
  2. Yinsen: This was always the plan, Stark...
  3. Tony Stark: Come on, you're going to go see your family. Get up.
  4. Yinsen: My family is dead, Stark... and I'm going to see them now. It's okay, I want this... I want this.
  5. Tony Stark: Thank you for saving me.
  6. Yinsen: Don't waste it... don't waste your life, Stark.
  – Submitted by Typhon Q (7 months ago)
• 1. Obadiah Stane: When I ordered the hit on you, I was worried that I was killing the golden goose. But, you see, it was just fate that you survived it, leaving one last golden egg to give. You really think that just because you have an idea, it belongs to you? Your father, he helped give us the atomic bomb. Now what kind of world would it be today if he was as selfish as you?
  – Submitted by Typhon Q (7 months ago)
• 1. Agent Coulson: I'm Agent Phil Coulson with the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
  2. Virginia "Pepper" Potts: That's quite a mouthful.
  3. Agent Coulson: I know. We're working on it.
  – Submitted by MarieBella C (7 months ago)

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