Thor: Ragnarok
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: November 3, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 51 Critic Reviews
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47
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanOct 28, 2017
It’s a movie that, to put it in terms that the film’s screenwriters might appreciate, is Thor-ly needed. Read full review
91
The VergeBryan BishopOct 19, 2017
It’s an enthusiastic, hilarious reboot of the idea of what a Marvel movie can actually be, resulting in an effervescent, delightfully self-aware ride that was the most fun I’d had in a superhero movie in years. Read full review
90
Total FilmRachel WebberOct 19, 2017
This is a Marvel movie that knows when to embrace the ridiculous and when to puncture any pomposity, and it's a delight from start to big finish. And yes, you do need to stay to the very very end of the credits. Read full review
88
The AtlanticChristopher OrrJan 9, 2018
Just over two hours of entertaining but profoundly silly superheroism. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 2, 2017
One of the many surprising delights in the bright and brassy and wonderfully funny Thor: Ragnarok is the recasting of the God of Thunder as a perpetual underdog. Read full review
87
Paste MagazineMichael BurginNov 7, 2017
The third film in the arguably least-loved franchise of Kevin Feige and company’s box office-melting enterprise, it’s also the liveliest, funniest and “loosest” film of the bunch (and that includes Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2). Read full review
85
UproxxMike RyanDec 4, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok is by far the most unusual of the Marvel movies – a crazy, colorful, ambitious, hilarious ride through the cosmos – even surpassing the Guardians of the Galaxy movies as the former holder of that title. And it’s by far the funniest. Read full review
80
SlateJonathan L. FischerNov 2, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok is a much goofier film than its 2011 and 2013 predecessors, and also a better one. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsAriel ScottiNov 1, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok, the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is so delightfully funny that it’s almost a shame when the film reverts to its campy, melodramatic roots. Thankfully, that’s not hammered too hard. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzOct 31, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok is a blast, pure and simple. Read full review
80
Village VoiceBilge EbiriOct 29, 2017
In its own weird little way, Thor: Ragnarok manages to poke fun at the constant churn of myth and entertainment of which the movie itself is a part. It’s a candy-colored cage of delights, but it is a cage nevertheless — and it doesn’t hide that fact. Read full review
80
VoxAlex Abad-SantosOct 26, 2017
Though the movie isn’t perfect, particularly in how it underuses some characters and gifted actors, those complaints are easily overridden by distinct moments where charm, oddity, and spectacle collide to create the kind of soul-soaring magic that Marvel at its best is capable of. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinOct 26, 2017
This one is probably my favorite, being the most unlike the others. Read full review
80
Time OutPhil de SemlyenOct 19, 2017
In a world of portentous blockbusters getting ever darker, it’s a joy to see one throwing on the disco lights. Read full review
80
Total FilmKevin HarleyOct 19, 2017
Ragnarok is both the MCU’s funniest outing yet and its clearest beneficiary of a playful, character-ful director’s voice since Guardians. Read full review
80
Screen DailyTim GriersonOct 19, 2017
The film’s deadpan good cheer makes room for big-budget spectacle and a modicum of emotional depth, but a self-effacing vibe and pop-culture giddiness work the best here — necessary countermeasures as Marvel fights against the inevitable creative fatigue incurred after a decade of multiplex dominance. Read full review
80
CineVueJoe WalshOct 19, 2017
Impressively, Waititi manages to retain his unique brand of humour while fulfilling his obligations to the franchise with Thor: Ragnarok. Read full review
80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinOct 19, 2017
The greatest trick this studio wants to pull, at this point, is to make more of the same feel either exhilaratingly fresh, or sufficiently retro-inflected to qualify as a nostalgia trip. As both, Thor: Ragnarok counts as some kind of double peak. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenOct 19, 2017
The relatively laidback angle on all the murderous spree-ing gives Chris Hemsworth a chance to find the comic groove beneath the title character's beefcake godliness. He does it expertly, and the self-mocking humor is all the more welcome given Thor's essential blandness. Read full review
80
EmpireJames DyerOct 19, 2017
Daft as a badger sandwich and twice as funny, this is vintage Waititi, and the boldest, most outrageously fun film Marvel has yet produced. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesNov 2, 2017
Despite the notable camp value of Blanchett channeling Gloria Swanson, Cruella de Vil, and an extraterrestrial succulent plant, the doomy villain thing is rote. Read full review
78
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeOct 19, 2017
It’s not hard to imagine a young audience completely losing their minds over the thrills and action of Thor: Ragnarok, and then loving it all over again when they realize how funny it is. Read full review
77
IGNJim VejvodaOct 19, 2017
A goofy, kitschy- but- fun romp and the most purely entertaining of the three Thor movies, marked by its distinctive designs, ‘80s synth score, and assemblage of spirited characters. It’s carried by the excellent chemistry between Thor, Hulk, and Valkyrie, who give humanity to a visual effects-heavy spectacle that finally makes good on Thor’s title of God of Thunder. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartNov 2, 2017
Waititi emerges triumphant, but it’s a nail-biter. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzNov 2, 2017
Thor films have traditionally landed with a heavy foot. Thank goodness Waititi taught the big guy how to dance. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonNov 2, 2017
One of the silliest and least substantial of recent comic-book movies — a jokey, unapologetically nonsensical romp that makes “The Avengers” look like “The Godfather.” Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsNov 2, 2017
So it’s uneven, but the good stuff’s unusually lively and buoyant. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNov 2, 2017
This time it’s not too big. Thor: Ragnarok has a lot of human appeal and a spirit of silliness that it never loses and yet always carefully manages, so that the silliness remains an ongoing source of delight without ever undercutting the impact of the action. Read full review
75
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallNov 1, 2017
They’re called comic books for a reason too many superhero movies neglect. Not Thor: Ragnarok, one keenly aware of how silly all this universe saving stuff is. Guardians of the Galaxy is fun; this movie’s funny. There’s a difference. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldOct 31, 2017
The fun here is in the little moments the actors find, and in the way that Waititi, within the massive machine that is a studio superhero movie, brings out a looseness and playfulness in the performances. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Oct 31, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok, with its jabs of reportedly improvised banter, isn’t really an action movie. It’s a round-robin buddy comedy, mismatching Hemsworth’s amiable lug to characters old and new. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzOct 31, 2017
This is a close-but-no-cigar movie, but so enjoyable for the most part, and so modest in its aims, that its disappointments aren’t devastating. I’d watch the first 90 minutes again anytime. Read full review
75
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthOct 30, 2017
It’s one of the most refreshing and satisfying Marvel movies in some time, precisely because its willing to do many things that Marvel hasn’t done before. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversOct 25, 2017
The whole movie is a grab-bag of insanity so off-the-chain hilarious that you stick with it even when the convoluted plot goes haywire. Read full review
75
USA TodayBrian TruittOct 19, 2017
Even tonal issues can’t upend the magic this movie taps into putting Thor and Hulk together as new best buddies, whether they’re throwing down in an arena or having a bromantic heart-to-heart. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyOct 19, 2017
Ragnarok is basically a Joke Delivery System — and on that score, it works. The movie is fun. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnOct 19, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok doesn’t break fresh ground by Marvel standards, but it livens up the proceedings just enough to grease up the wheels of this franchise behemoth as it careens along. Read full review
70
Vanity FairRichard LawsonDec 9, 2017
The movie is fun enough, and Waititi shows enough moxie and goofy wit throughout, that instead of feeling glad that he’d been hired to direct the movie, I felt a little sad that he had to bother at all. Meaning: hopefully, Ragnarok will be a big hit and will write Waititi a blank check to do whatever flight of prickly whimsy he wants to do next. For that, it was probably all worth it. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisNov 1, 2017
Marvel could have gone grimmer, broodier and sterner, but that isn’t its onscreen way; so it has made Thor sunnier, sillier and funnier. It’s a good fit, at least for a while. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoOct 31, 2017
This is a very funny, perfectly scored...exciting, albeit overlong exercise in pushing MCU boundaries to their franchise breaking point. Read full review
70
ScreenCrushMatt SingerOct 19, 2017
This movie is so colorful and zippy and packed with outlandish supporting characters, that Hemsworth’s job is relatively easy. He just needs to look great, kick ass, nail the one-liners, and ride off into the sunset (or Avengers: Infinity War, whichever comes first). Thor: Ragnarok is sort of like a giant flatscreen TV hanging on a wall with an enormous hole in the middle of it. The TV is beautiful, but it doesn’t fix the hole. It just covers it up. Read full review
67
The Film StageConor O'DonnellNov 2, 2017
In this landscape, it’s rare to get the kind of unabashed silliness Taika Waititi delivers with Thor: Ragnarok. Read full review
67
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonOct 29, 2017
It’s brassy, breezy and gut-bustingly fun; unfortunately, it’s at the expense of the film’s drama and pathos. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliNov 1, 2017
It appears that Marvel has given up trying to broaden the tent. Although Thor: Ragnarok, the third film to focus on the exploits of the titular Norse God, boasts a lighter tone, when the flippancy is stripped away, it’s the same-ole-same-ole. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTom RussoNov 1, 2017
Thor’s bloodsport detour diverts an inordinate amount of the filmmakers’ attention, and ours, from the whole end-of-days buildup. Hopkins gets short shrift, as does Idris Elba’s returning interdimensional gatekeeper, Heimdall. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineEric HendersonOct 31, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok is the flamboyantly roller-disco entry in an already uncomplicatedly cartoonish side franchise. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 31, 2017
It’s even dumber than the earlier installments, but it knows it. And the result is some good, clean kid-friendly fun, save for the odd profanity — Odin is known for his curses, after all. Even the killing seems to lack fatal finality. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangNov 3, 2017
An excess of levity can quickly become its own kind of leadenness, and for long stretches between its genuinely amusing gags and set pieces, Thor: Ragnarok, credited to the screenwriting trio of Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, is a bit too taken with its own breezy irreverence to realize when it’s time to rein it in. Read full review
60
The GuardianSteve RoseOct 19, 2017
Comic book movies have spent a long time striving to be taken as serious, grown-up entertainment but Thor: Ragnarok is almost an admission that you can’t play this material straight. This is probably the wisest strategy with Thor. Read full review
40
TimeStephanie ZacharekOct 25, 2017
Directed by the enormously talented New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi, it’s well intentioned but ultimately numbing, an instance of fun overkill whose ultimate goal seems to be to put us into a special-effects coma. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter DebrugeOct 19, 2017
While it’s not saying much, Thor: Ragnarok is easily the best of the three Thor movies — or maybe I just think so because its screenwriters and I finally seem to agree on one thing: The Thor movies are preposterous. Read full review
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