Thor (2011)

All Critics (261) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (203) | Rotten (62) | DVD (10)

Let's hope Branagh was well-compensated, at least. To quote his favorite author: No profit grows where is no pleasure taken.

April 12, 2013 Full Review

Rafer Guzman

Newsday

Top Critic

Thor is on much safer ground here on Earth. The tone is immediately different: more relaxed; comic, not cosmic.

April 12, 2013 Full Review

Tom Charity

CNN.com

Top Critic

There is pleasure to be plundered from some of the battle scenes, especially when Thor is confronting ice monsters with blood-red eyes, and from the culture clash that resounds when he descends to present-day Earth...

May 16, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

Anthony Lane

New Yorker

Top Critic

The story might perhaps be adequate for an animated film for children, with Thor, Odin and the others played by piglets. In the arena of movies about comic book superheroes, it is a desolate vastation.

May 12, 2011 Full Review | Comments (184)

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

A giant notch up is Hiddleston, who'd make a good Edmund in King Lear: You register the chip on his shoulder rather than the villainy.

May 9, 2011 Full Review | Comments (4)

David Edelstein

New York Magazine

Top Critic

This is eminently missable, though the mosaic design of Asgard, Thor's mythical realm, is pretty cool.

May 6, 2011 Full Review | Comments (31)

J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Thor is terrific fun! It's aware of its own silliness but made with complete integrity and heart. The film is also beautifully designed and very well performed. A great summer blockbuster!

April 21, 2013 Full Review

Will Chadwick

We Got This Covered

Tempering its sweeping scope with wit, humor, and just a little dose of dramatics, Thor is a super-charged fantasy epic that can stand alone in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

April 12, 2013 Full Review

Alaina O'Connor

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Hemsworth gives the Thunder God all the spark he needs.

April 12, 2013 Full Review

Joe Gross

Austin American-Statesman

Winking, self-mocking, fun...

January 10, 2013 Full Review

Roger Moore

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Branagh and co have taken one of the least relatable superheroes and turned his story ... into a hugely enjoyable, funny and visually spectacular film

September 27, 2012 Full Review

Matt Looker

TheShiznit.co.uk

"Thor" reminded me a lot of the "Iron Man" films. They are not particularly great, but they are highly entertaining with their explosive action sequences and fascinating characters.

September 20, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

It does nothing to stand out from the other comic book adaptations of the past few years, but it's an adequate and enjoyable slice of hokum.

December 13, 2011 Full Review

Laurence Boyce

The Baltic Times

... A solid introduction to the character, and the idea of encountering him again isn't a bad one.

November 5, 2011 Full Review

Greg Maki

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

... not to say that Thor is awful, simply uninspired, full of sound and fury and not much else.

September 14, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

Thor... thud.

September 12, 2011 Full Review | Comments (2)

Staci Layne Wilson

Horror.com

...the action scenes in this action movie lack much audience involvement. (Blu-ray Combo Limited Edition)

September 9, 2011 Full Review

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...although it looks good, it feels fragmented, the action never coming fully to life and the central character rather colorless.

September 9, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Arthurian grandeur, fanboy-pleasing whallop and special-effect razzle-dazzle flesh out the backstory of how the hunky hammerer got from Up There to Down Here.

September 9, 2011 Full Review

Neil Pond

American Profile

What's left is the movie's middle 60% or so, which is a fun ride, though I could have done without the 3-D.

July 15, 2011 Full Review

Chris Knight

National Post

Branagh's chosen style (and that's a generous term to use here) pretty much consists of tilting the camera about forty degrees every fifth or sixth shot.

July 12, 2011 Full Review | Comments (4)

Rob Humanick

Projection Booth

It may not be strongest film to have made the transition from comic book to screen but it does whet the appetite for more from the hammer-wielding thoroughbred and his jealous sibling.

June 28, 2011 Full Review | Comments (2)

Ed Whitfield

The Ooh Tray

• 1. Odin: Yes, I was a fool... to think that you were ready. Thor, Odinson, you have betrayed the express command of your king. Through your arrogance and stupidity you have opened these realms to the horror and desolation of war. You are unworthy of these realms, you are unworthy of these titles, you are unworthy... of the loved ones you have betrayed. I take from you your power, by my father, and his father before. I, Odin Allfather, cast you out!
  – Submitted by Randy K (5 months ago)
• 1. Laufey: You know not what your actions would unleash. I do. Go now, while I still allow it.
  – Submitted by Randy K (5 months ago)
• 1. Heimdall: You would defy Loki, our king, break every oath you have sworn as Asgardian warriors and commit treason by bringing Thor back?
  2. Sif: Yes.
  3. Heimdall: Good!
  4. Volstagg: Then you'll help us?
  5. Heimdall: [walks away] I am bound by my oath. I cannot open the Bifrost to you.
  6. Fandral: Complicated fellow, isn't he?
  – Submitted by Kyler C (5 months ago)
• 1. Volstagg: Do not mistake my appetite for apathy!
  – Submitted by Regina M (5 months ago)
• 1. Thor: I must go back to Asgard, but I give you my word. I will return for you.
  2. Thor: [kisses Jane's hand] Deal?
  3. Jane Foster: [kisses Thor] Deal.
  – Submitted by Adam H (5 months ago)
• 1. Thor: [walks into pet shop] I need a horse!
  2. Pet Store Clerk: We don't have horses. Just dogs, cats, birds...
  3. Thor: Then give me one of those large enough to ride.
  – Submitted by Richard B (6 months ago)

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