Captain America: Civil War
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: May 6, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
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Generally favorable reviews based on 53 Critic Reviews
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42
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11
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60
SalonAndrew O'HehirMay 4, 2016
I personally find the Russo brothers’ lightning-fast action scenes difficult to process — it’s as if cinema editing now exceeds the speed of human brain functions — but they’re undoubtedly exciting and skillfully constructed. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMay 4, 2016
Those who sit through its talky, belabored first half will be rewarded first and foremost with the finest fight scene of any "Avengers" film to date, one that doubles as a satisfyingly popcorny start to the summer season. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinMay 2, 2016
The best way to think of Captain America: Civil War is as a toy box in which the sheer quantity of toys partly makes up for the lack of anything new. But the big takeaway is worrisome. Marvel has created a universe teeming with superheroes who simply don’t have enough to do. They’re all suited up with nowhere to go. Read full review
60
Village VoiceBilge EbiriApr 28, 2016
I never found myself genuinely wondering what was going to happen next; the moves are too familiar. Even the big fight, entertaining as it is, feels like it's there not because of dramatic inevitability, but because somebody behind a desk decided it had to be. It's just a bunch of stuff. Read full review
60
CineVueJoe WalshApr 21, 2016
There's a certain bloatedness to much of the first half, while the film in general lacks the balance of humour to hard-hitting found in Shane Black's superb Iron Man 3 and/or Whedon's two Avengers outings. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony LaneMay 9, 2016
As the feigning wears off, and Captain America: Civil War crawls to a close, you sense that the possibilities of nature have been not just exceeded but exhausted. Even the dialogue seems like a special effect: “You’re being uncharacteristically non-hyperverbal,” Black Widow remarks to Iron Man. Translation: “Say something.” Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithMay 5, 2016
After the first two “Captain America” entries, the finest comic-book movies of the last five years, this one is disappointing. The story doesn’t make sense. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 4, 2016
Robert Downey Jr. gets to remind everybody that before this blockbuster turn he was actually a serious actor and may still be again. Stark’s frustration at the rigidity and short-sightedness of his confreres and his anguish at where it all leads are vivid and felt. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 4, 2016
There’s a “for fans only” feel to the latest “Avengers” movie, Captain America: Civil War, that won’t be to every taste. A talky, often ponderous exercise in comic book movie elephantiasis, it overdoses on characters, old and new, sometimes not even bothering to name them. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsStephen Whitty May 3, 2016
Sometimes, more is less. Although it’s called Captain America: Civil War, the latest Marvel movie is actually a supersized “Avengers” picture -- overstuffed to bursting. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 27, 2016
The bigger these movies become, the smaller they feel. The more aggressively they reach for greatness, the more clearly they prove that its beyond their grasp. Marvel movies don't get much better than this. The trouble is, they don't want to. Read full review
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