By Following the reactions yesterday, the professional critics reviews are now in and with 85 reviews counted, Marvel Studios’ “Deadpool and Wolverine” sits at 82% (7.2/10) on Rotten Tomatoes.
That puts it on par with last year’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and the first “Ant-Man” film – in other words mid-tier Marvel. Compared to its own franchise though, it’s nearly on par with the 85% (7.1/10) of the first “Deadpool” and the 84% (7.1/10) of the second.
Over on Metacritic the film sits at a far more mixed 54/100 which is considerably behind the 65/100 and 66/100 of the first two “Deadpool” films.
Here’s a sampling of review quotes:
“By far the most fan-service sequel released under the Marvel banner… It serves as a welcome corrective to the superhero overload of the past 15 years… This singular mutant satire works best as an irreverent homage to what’s come before, as opposed to the prototype for future superhero movies.” – Peter Debruge, Variety
“An apology candygram delivered by the two most mouth-puckeringly sour superheroes Marvel now owns… Deadpool represents what mainstream Marvel flicks couldn’t do: make a hard R-rated movie with more curses per minute than a convention of witches. He’s what they have to do to win back an audience who’s outgrown them.” – Amy Nicholson, The Washington Post
“Deadpool & Wolverine rescues something kind of beautiful from the ugliness that superhero movies have perpetuated for so long. Not visually, of course, but in several other key respects. C+” – David Ehrlich, Indiewire
“Deadpool & Wolverine is serviceable in its worst moments and a lot of fun when it’s really cooking. Yet if your expectations for Deadpool & Wolverine include a clean explanation of where the Marvel multiverse stands, perhaps lower them.” – Liz Shannon Miller, Consequence
“There are a lot of laughs here as this film crashes along with plenty of juke-box slams to keep blood-sugar content high, although the humorous aspect is oddly cancelled at the very end with a deadly serious memory-reel over the final credits. 3/5” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“Deadpool & Wolverine may not be as cohesive as many other, better, Marvel movies, but only one or two can match it in terms of pure joy and reverence for the genre. Fans will absolutely adore it and even non-fans should, at the very least, marvel at it.” – Germain Lussier, io9
“Beneath the outlandishness, half-dozen belly laughs and nerd-centric beats resides sweet nostalgia for the last quarter-century of superhero movies, while demonstrating that Marvel Studios possesses the power to laugh at itself.” – Brian Lowry, CNN
“It’s definitely not for everybody, but even a non-fan stumbling into the theater accidentally will find whole sections here to enjoy.” – Mick LaSalle, San Fransisco Chronicle
“As with its predecessors, those who can’t stand Deadpool or aren’t educated in Marvel movie lore won’t tolerate a second of it. The rest will be in bleeping heaven.” – Nick Schager, The Daily Beast
“It is a carnival of in-jokes, self-references, and reality breaks with no higher purpose than to congratulate its audience for keeping up. It has no stakes, no drama, and only the most cynical applications of creativity.” – Jordan Hoffman, EW
“This comic-book pairing ultimately underwhelms, resulting in some touching moments and some anarchic humour in a picture otherwise dragged down by convoluted multiverse logistics and drab fan service.” – Tim Grierson, Screen
“I found this movie messy and overstuffed, but I laughed almost as often as I cringed from its obnoxiousness and can’t dispute that a vast audience will delight in every moment. For the core audience, the gags will be reward enough, even if the rest of us might squirm as the sloppily staged action grows repetitive.” – David Rooney, THR
“A shameless piece of self-congratulation, fueled by self-cannibalism, as the studio which built its identity on superhero crossovers finally abandons the pretense of trying to justify them dramatically.” – William Bibbiani, The Wrap
“Deadpool & Wolverine” begins unrolling shortly in select territories and will hit the U.S. on Friday.
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