Dark Phoenix
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: June 7, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 52 Critic Reviews
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9
Mixed:
32
Negative:
11
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJun 7, 2019
It is a joyless, lifeless, boring affair that repeats ideas from better X-films and feels more like an obligatory reunion cash grab than a deeply considered goodbye to iconic characters. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 4, 2019
I mean, whatever with the “X-Men” movies. It’s hard to even rent an opinion on the discrete strengths and weaknesses of a franchise that has devolved to the point of Dark Phoenix, a lavishly brutal chore nearly as violent as the Wolverine movie “Logan,” and a movie featuring more death by impalement and whirling metal than all the “Saw” movies put together. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJake ColeJun 4, 2019
The film is an all-too-fitting whimper of a conclusion to a franchise that never remotely fulfilled its potential. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternJun 6, 2019
The most surprising thing about the production, which was written and directed by Simon Kinberg, is how grindingly dumb it becomes after a promising start. Read full review
30
The AtlanticDavid SimsJun 6, 2019
The overqualified cast do their best to inject some passion into the proceedings—Fassbender, in particular, is incapable of phoning it in—but the momentum drained out of these X-Men movies long ago. Dark Phoenix should serve as a fittingly perfunctory farewell. Read full review
30
VoxAlex Abad-SantosJun 5, 2019
It’s the worst of the bunch, a continuation of the franchise’s swan dive into joyless mediocrity, while managing to destroy any affection one might have for Marvel’s merry mutants. Read full review
30
UproxxMike RyanJun 4, 2019
Sadly, everything about Dark Phoenix just feels unnecessary – and it shows in the performances, as everyone just seems to be going through the motions, wondering how on Earth their contracts aren’t up yet. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)John SemleyJun 6, 2019
A film so dull, flat, and totally joyless that, in the absence of anything compelling unfolding on screen, one’s mind may be forgiven for turning to the corporate machinations grinding behind it. Read full review
25
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 4, 2019
It just sort of happens, and not even the movie itself seems to know why. Read full review
20
Rolling StonePeter TraversJun 5, 2019
Dark Phoenix doesn’t just suck big time. It’s the worst movie ever in the X-Men series. Read full review
20
The TelegraphRobbie CollinJun 4, 2019
Superheroes do progressive politics these days as a matter of course, and here it just feels like shtick – a box to be dutifully checked, rather than a theme to be meaningfully explored. Read full review
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