Iron Man 3 Reviews
Flix Capacitor
There are some nice lines and a thrilling air rescue sequence, but the constant need to puncture every half-serious moment with a tongue-in-cheek gag grows tiresome quickly:
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.5/5
The Aristocrat
This film resembles its protagonist Tony Stark: its overblown, convoluted and seemingly disconnected to anything that has come before it.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2/5
Examiner.com
The first film might have been able to get by on charm alone, but the mechanical feeling of this entry will more than likely leave you cold and indifferent.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.5/4
Toledo Blade
A superhero in film is only as good as his villain. And that's a critical problem for Iron Man 3.
NECN
A movie so block-headed, so aimlessly busy, you'd think Michael Bay directed the thing. Actually, that would be an upgrade.
Full Review
| Original Score: C-
AV Club
It's hard not to wish Downey were sparring with his costumed comrades again, instead of trading barbs with the far-less-colorful cast members-old and new-of this busy, sporadically diverting sequel.
Full Review
| Original Score: C+
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
With superhero movies, over time the mythology gets junked up with tertiary characters and leftover storylines. Tony Stark & Co. have taken the Iron Man franchise as far as it can go.
Full Review
| Original Score: 3/5
Top CriticIron Man 3 feels like an exploitative mulching of present-day anxieties. The script is ambitious but not wise enough to be rightfully cathartic. It's more Cuisinart than art.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.5/4
It's not without its payoffs; I enjoyed a lot of it. But overall last year's Avengers delivered the bombastic goods more efficiently than this year's Marvel.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.5/4
The third iteration of a franchise that began so well becomes a hollow hymn to martial gadgetry. The suits and story clank in unison.
Screen-Space
Shane Black's perfunctory, fatigued film will suffice for the fans who have to have their regular cinematic superhero fix, but will leave others generally unmoved.
COEDMagazine.com
Iron Man loses his clothes more often than a Kardsashian.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2/4
GeekNation
Iron Man 3 isn't a Blockbuster, it's a Blandbuster -- boring and safe and riddled with plot holes and filled with product placement.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2/5
honeycuttshollywood.com
At this point, franchise fatigue definitely takes over.
Full Review
| Original Score: 5
Big Hollywood
Iron Man 3 is a primer on how not to handle a superhero sequel--but Paltrow's abs look great!
Full Review
| Original Score: 2/4
Las Vegas Informer
Stupid and messy. The Most Beautiful Woman in the World has to go. Pepper must take "Happy" with her.
FILMINK (Australia)
The third installment in the game-changing Iron Man trilogy takes all the hard work done by Marvel Studios in creating a rich, thoughtful but never po-faced cinematic universe, and turns it into a big joke.
Illinois Times
A Clunky Debut to Marvel's Phase 2.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.0/4.0
TheDivaReview.com
While not a complete failure as visceral eye-candy, Iron Man 3 substitutes schmaltz for inspiration and novelty. It's disappointing that what appears to be the franchise's last chapter goes out not with a bang, but with a shrug.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.5/5
The "Iron Man" films turned Mr. Downey into a huge star, but the role has gradually, maybe inexorably, swallowed him.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.5/5
