Once Upon a Deadpool

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Once Upon a Deadpool

PG-13

2018

1h 58m

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Adventure

Comedy

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Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool meets Russell, an angry teenage mutant who lives at an orphanage. When Russell becomes the target of Cable -- a genetically enhanced soldier from the future -- Deadpool realizes that he'll need some help saving the boy from such a superior enemy. He soon joins forces with Bedlam, Shatterstar, Domino and other powerful mutants to protect young Russell from Cable and his advanced weaponry.

Critics Consensus

Once Upon a Deadpool retains enough of the franchise's anarchic spirit to entertain, but doesn't add enough to Deadpool 2 to justify its own existence.

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

Feb 21, 2020

The sequel zips along as the motormouth assassin tries to clean up his act (sort of).

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Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (LAist)

Sep 12, 2019

It's cute and funny.

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Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

Dec 14, 2018

It's a sick, dumb joke that you can't help but laugh at. And as soon as you do, you feel bad about falling for the gag.

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

Aug 17, 2022

2.5

Deadpool was so much dirty fun, now they took away some of the dirt.

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Alex Bentley

CultureMap

Apr 29, 2021

Once Upon a Deadpool is not a wholly satisfying experience, but it adds a little more heart to a film that already had more than you'd expect.

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Matthew St. Clair

Cinema Sentries

Oct 2, 2020

An adequate gimmick that doesn't entirely pan out.

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marton C

@RT35063963 6 days ago

ah ill show her this when shes older lol

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Kit T

@Kitz_Editz123 Jun 14, 2026

Just like Deadpool 2 just kid-friendly, still loved it.

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Bret M.

@BretM-3 Mar 21, 2026

I really enjoyed this movie! This movie does something great for the superhero genre: It delivers laugh-out-loud humor that puts a big grin on your face, while also delivering a sad, grounded, and heartfelt story. The story of Wade losing Vanessa is sad and really heartbreaking. Seeing him attempt time after time to kill himself just to be with her again is great and really makes you feel sorry for the guy. The action was also awesome! The scene where Deadpool and Domino have to stop Cable from killing Firefist was really good and had amazing cinematography. The final fight was great too. And the comedy was HILARIOUS! The 2 standout scenes for me is obviously the X-Force scene which is absolutely amazing, and the scene where Fred Savage is telling Deadpool about how he wants to fight Matt Damon!! That last one had me CRYING I laughed so hard. So overall, is this movie a modern masterpiece or something like that? No. Is it still a really good movie that makes you laugh.

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Star wars_Games L

@RT98063859 Sep 3, 2025

Für Leute die Gewalt nicht so gut abkönnen oder halt Kinder werden diesen Film richtig gut finden da er ein Deadpool für jüngere ist. Viele Kinder wollen Deadpool schauen und da haben sie die möglichkeit dazu!

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kevenquinlan T

@RT75276071 Jul 21, 2025

Ok, this is actually Deadpool 2- but done much differently. It wouldn't have worked as a movie but as a free add on with the real deadpool 2= it's really good. There's more jokes in this one and it goes back and forth from him w/ Fred Savage and their repartee to scene's from the movie. It would be hard to follow and too much of a distraction to have this BE the movie, so it's a sequel within the sequel. It's a keeper- never get tired of Ryan Reynolds Schtick.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 18, 2025

Funny in 1 hour and 58 minutes. I love both this edit, rated PG-13 equally as much as "Deadpool 2," rated R.

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Synopsis

Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool meets Russell, an angry teenage mutant who lives at an orphanage. When Russell becomes the target of Cable -- a genetically enhanced soldier from the future -- Deadpool realizes that he'll need some help saving the boy from such a superior enemy. He soon joins forces with Bedlam, Shatterstar, Domino and other powerful mutants to protect young Russell from Cable and his advanced weaponry.

Director: David Leitch
Producer: Simon Kinberg, Ryan Reynolds, Lauren Shuler Donner
Screenwriter: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Ryan Reynolds
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Kinberg Genre, Maximum Effort
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Drug Material|Action|Thematic Elements|Crude Sexual Content|Intense Sequences of Violence|Language)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 12, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 15, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $322.5M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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