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Iron Man (2008)

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 237
Fresh: 222 | Rotten: 15

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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Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 43
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 4

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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From Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures comes Iron Man, an action-packed take on the tale of wealthy philanthropist Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), who develops an invulnerable robotic suit to fight the throes of evil. In addition to being filthy rich, billionaire industrialist Tony Stark is also a genius inventor. When Stark is kidnapped and forced to build a diabolical weapon, he instead uses his intelligence and ingenuity to construct an indestructible suit of armor and escape his captors.

Sep 30, 2008

$318.3M

Paramount Pictures

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All Critics (237) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (231) | Rotten (15) | DVD (33)

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 Source: Chicago Reader | Comments (2)
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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 Source: Film.com | Comment
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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 Source: CNN.com | Comment
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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 Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comments (4)
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Jon Favreau's 'Iron Man': The $100-Million Iraq War Movie

May 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Passionate Moviegoer | Comments (6)
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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.

May 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | Comment
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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 Source: Digital Spy | Comment
Digital Spy

Great action, lots of style, some iffy stuff.

December 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

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 Source: Future Movies UK | Comment

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 Source: Reverse Shot | Comment
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 Source: DCist | Comment

Intriguing for its meta-narrative of celebrity redemption

August 26, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
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 Source: Boston Phoenix | Comment
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 Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | Comment
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 Source: Teletext | Comment
Teletext

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

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Screen International | Comment
Screen International

Downey is at his charismatic best, rendering believable Stark's transformation from self-indulgent jerk to socially conscious crusader.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Comment
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This was one of the best super hero movies ive seen yet. Robert Downey

May 4, 2008
jmanard52

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Iron Man is an Epic, Action Packed yet Clever and Funny Mighty Marvel Adaptation. Robert Downing jr is brilliant as the Cocky, Arrogant, Self Obsessed "Tony Stark." There's also great supporting performances from "Terrence Howard" and "Jeff Bridges" The Film takes us from Small screen looking Iraqi Villages to

May 20, 2012
Joseph Mcnicholas

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    1. Obadiah Stane: Tony Stark was able to built this in a cave! With a box of scrap!
    – Submitted by Danny S (14 days ago)
    1. Tony Stark: Potts.
    2. Virginia "Pepper" Potts: Tony!
    3. Tony Stark: This isn't working we're going to have to to overload the reactor and blow the roof.
    – Submitted by Richard E (15 days ago)
    1. Obadiah Stane: 20 years I've been holding you up! I built up this company for NOTHING! And nothing's gonna stand in my way.
    – Submitted by David G (38 days ago)
    1. Tony Stark: Day 11, Test 37, Configuration 2.0. For lack of a better option, Dummy is still on fire safety. [turns to robot.] If you douse me again, and I'm not on fire, I'm donating you to a city college.
    – Submitted by Sankalp J (3 months ago)
    1. Christine Everhart: People call you the Da Vinci of our time, what do you have to say about that?
    2. Tony Stark: Absolutely ridiculous, I don't paint.
    – Submitted by Danny S (4 months ago)

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