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Iron Man (2008)

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Reviews Counted:232

Fresh:217

Rotten:15

Average Rating:7.6/10

Consensus: Director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey make this smart, high impact superhero movie one that even non-comics fans can enjoy.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and brief suggestive content

Runtime: 2 hr. 6 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Drama

Theatrical Release: Apr 14, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $318.3M

Synopsis: Tony Stark is a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his... Tony Stark is a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man. [More]

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir, Clark Gregg, Bill Smitrovich, Sayed Badreya, Samuel L. Jackson

Director: Jon Favreau

Director: Jon Favreau
Screenwriter: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matthew Holloway
Producer: Ari Arad, Peter Billingsley, Louis D'Esposito, Jon Favreau, Michael A. Helfant
Distributor: Paramount Pictures

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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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 2 Comments
Jul 14, 2010
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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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.

Full Review Source: Future Movies UK | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Mike Barnard
Mike Barnard
Future Movies UK

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.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Laremy Legel
Laremy Legel
Film.com
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Clever and cogent beats idiotic and incoherent, and Iron Man is spryer than the overwhelming majority of films in its budget range.

Full Review Source: Reverse Shot | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Adam Nayman
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.

Full Review Source: DCist | comment Comment
Jun 12, 2010
Ian Buckwalter
Ian Buckwalter
DCist

Intriguing for its meta-narrative of celebrity redemption

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
Aug 26, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
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.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
Apr 23, 2009
Peter Keough
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.

Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | comment Comment
Feb 1, 2009
Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

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

Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Screen International

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

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Tom Charity
Tom Charity
CNN.com
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Downey is at his charismatic best, rendering believable Stark's transformation from self-indulgent jerk to socially conscious crusader.

Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Calvin Wilson
Calvin Wilson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The story is so rich and complex that Favreau is going to have a near-impossible task of outdoing himself with the inevitable sequel.

Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Jason Zingale
Jason Zingale
Bullz-Eye.com

Go see it.

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Oct 18, 2008
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

Not only is it a good comic book movie (smart and stupid, stirring and silly, intimate and spectacular), it's winning enough to engage even those who've never cared much for comic books or the movies they spawn. Like me.

Full Review Source: RogerEbert.com | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Jim Emerson
Jim Emerson
RogerEbert.com

...who'd have thought that a successful superhero film could be more about character than action?

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment 3 Comments
Sep 10, 2008
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Iron Man is the best superhero film to come along since Batman Begins, and is one hell of a way to start off summer of 2008.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
Sep 5, 2008
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

Iron Man is great fun, but it could've been better.

Full Review Source: ABC News (Australia) | comment Comment
Aug 31, 2008
Marc Fennell
Marc Fennell
ABC News (Australia)

Une production à grand déploiement exécutant une formule bien établie, mais avec un savoir-faire indéniable et un enthousiasme contagieux

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
Aug 7, 2008
Jean-François Vandeuren
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama

The pace is good, not frantic, not "oh god we have to get to the explosions or we're gonna lose them" %u2013 and the actors are all above average at least. (Our leads are no strangers to the Oscar nomination process.)

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
Jul 17, 2008
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

One of the strongest entries into the superhero movie canon of recent years. While featuring a few flaws, this is one of the most entertaining comic book adaptations in last few years.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
Jul 13, 2008
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy
 
 
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