Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: September 3, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 52 Critic Reviews
Positive:
42
Mixed:
8
Negative:
2
Watch Now
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Expand

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
We Got This CoveredScott CampbellSep 3, 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings isn't top-tier MCU, but it's a solid origin story anchored by two fantastic performances from Simu Liu and Tony Leung, as well as some of the franchise's best action. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeSep 3, 2021
Destin Daniel Cretton, director of Just Mercy and Short Term 12, continues Marvel’s reasonably successful practices of unlikely hires from the indie sector. The dialogue is snappy. The action has real kinetic clatter. What a strange industry this has become. Read full review
60
ScreenCrushJordan HoffmanAug 23, 2021
Ultimately a mixed bag. But to its credit, it isn’t too tied-in with other Marvel movies, and mostly stands on its own. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeAug 23, 2021
Like virtually every stand-alone MCU movie to come before, “Shang-Chi” does a fine job of presenting its hero as a relatable everyman during the first half before spiraling off into bombastic, brain-numbing supernatural mayhem for the final act. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 23, 2021
It’s an entertaining romp, although the formulaic quality is becoming a little obvious. Read full review
59
Paste MagazineJacob OllerAug 23, 2021
The main attractions for Marvel’s Ten Ring circus are better when freed from the MCU’s captivity. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 2, 2021
The air goes out of the balloon, bit by bit, through a Macau fight club and high rise scaffolding chase, and the long middle acts settle into tedium, exposition and entropy. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreSep 1, 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings may give us the franchise’s first Asian American superhero, but what may be the most Asian American thing about it is the way it’s caught between the legacy of its forebears and a still-developing sense of self, its protagonist yanked away from that journey and enlisted as the face of the latest representational win, without ever seeming entirely decided on what he’s representing. Read full review
More From This Movie

71 Critic Reviews

7.1 User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 77 Project Hail Mary
2 75 Send Help
3 73 Hoppers
4 72 The Sheep Detectives
5 68 Crime 101
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL