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With a strong script, stylish direction, and powerful performances from its well-rounded cast, X-Men: First Class is a welcome return to form for the franchise.
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In some glorious zone between Mad Men and Thunderbirds comes this X-Men prequel, as kinetic as it is character-driven, and full of ridiculous retro pleasures. Jul 14, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
In some glorious zone between Mad Men and Thunderbirds comes this X-Men prequel, as kinetic as it is character-driven, and full of ridiculous retro pleasures.
Kate Muir
All of this earlier part of the film, in which the young mutants discover each other and learn to control their powers, is engaging and amusing, smartly filmed and scripted. The second half, however, outstays its welcome. Jul 14, 2015 | Full Review…
All of this earlier part of the film, in which the young mutants discover each other and learn to control their powers, is engaging and amusing, smartly filmed and scripted. The second half, however, outstays its welcome.
David Sexton
Why be so harsh and long-winded about a superhero movie? Because it's an ambitious superhero movie. Jul 13, 2015 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Why be so harsh and long-winded about a superhero movie? Because it's an ambitious superhero movie.
Matthew Lickona
The climax is the biggest letdown, a giant hash of crosscutting and unremarkable (in an era in which we've seen everything) CGI. Aug 3, 2013
The climax is the biggest letdown, a giant hash of crosscutting and unremarkable (in an era in which we've seen everything) CGI.
David Edelstein
As X-Men films go, this one gets the job done and is certainly better than Last Stand or Wolverine. But there are still just too darn many X-Men. Oct 7, 2011 | Full Review…
As X-Men films go, this one gets the job done and is certainly better than Last Stand or Wolverine. But there are still just too darn many X-Men.
Leah Rozen
Looks and feels like a very cheesy Cold War-era B movie... Jun 27, 2011
Looks and feels like a very cheesy Cold War-era B movie...
David Denby
This is a smart and entertaining film, able to transcend the comic book genre and evolve into a good Cold War thriller. May 7, 2019 | Full Review…
This is a smart and entertaining film, able to transcend the comic book genre and evolve into a good Cold War thriller.
Micheal Compton
First Class can safely be watched by first-timers, but old faithfuls of the franchise will get a little more, tracing the origins of their favourite characters. Apr 2, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
First Class can safely be watched by first-timers, but old faithfuls of the franchise will get a little more, tracing the origins of their favourite characters.
Shubhra Gupta
An extraordinary blast from the past, X-Men: First Class will go down as one of this decade's best superhero movies. Jan 18, 2019 | Full Review…
An extraordinary blast from the past, X-Men: First Class will go down as one of this decade's best superhero movies.
Nathalia Aryani
McAvoy and Fassbender are two very talented men, who have created characters of their own, while staying true to the originals. Jan 8, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
McAvoy and Fassbender are two very talented men, who have created characters of their own, while staying true to the originals.
Kelly Jane Torrance
Although X-Men: First Class is not the best film of its kind, it certainly does its genre justice. Nov 9, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Although X-Men: First Class is not the best film of its kind, it certainly does its genre justice.
Maxine Bodicoat
What's most remarkable about First Class, the fifth in the series of X-Men films, is that it's the first one since the original that inspires a want for more. Nov 5, 2018 | Full Review…
What's most remarkable about First Class, the fifth in the series of X-Men films, is that it's the first one since the original that inspires a want for more.
Dustin Rowles
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