X-Men: Apocalypse
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: May 27, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 48 Critic Reviews
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16
Mixed:
29
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinMay 26, 2016
Watching Apocalypse, you don’t feel as if every character is being set up for his or her own spinoff. They complement one another. They need one another. The overflowing ensemble nature of the enterprise is the whole point. Read full review
80
Village VoiceBilge EbiriMay 9, 2016
This film nimbly mixes narrative exuberance and emotional depth, flamboyant displays of power with quietly terrifying exchanges. It zips along, combining the highs and lows of a real comic book – all the feeling, color, and wonder, even some of the dopiness – with gloriously cinematic storytelling. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsEdward DouglasMay 9, 2016
Once again, it's Evan Peters' Quicksilver who steals the movie whenever we see his powers in action, maybe because they've found a unique way to showcase them. There's even a fun but unnecessary tangent involving another popular "X-Men" character. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 25, 2016
This isn’t A-level X-Men, but it’s a visual feast, it doesn’t take itself too seriously, it’s brimming with stellar performances, it has some legitimately moving teamwork segments — and it contains perhaps my favorite scene of any movie this year. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMay 24, 2016
X-Men: Apocalypse is a competently made superhero action film but it’s not a game-changer and its brand of action seems a little too familiar. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 12, 2016
Neither resting on formula nor audience goodwill, the “X-Men” series is going deeper and getting better as it goes along. Read full review
70
Screen DailyTim GriersonMay 9, 2016
The X-Men adventures keep getting bigger, but Singer works extremely hard to ensure that, even when they’re not always better, they continue to thrill sufficiently. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 23, 2016
Much of what makes X-Men: Apocalypse legitimately interesting also makes it frustrating and lopsided, since Singer and screenwriter-producer Simon Kinberg remain committed to the structure of an overlong comic-book blockbuster, complete with a climax in which the world has to be saved using as many different colors of energy beam as possible. Read full review
67
HitfixDrew McWeenyMay 9, 2016
I enjoyed the energy of the film, and the cast is pretty solid throughout, but there’s a big problem that is inherent to the idea that we have to make these films bigger and bigger to outdo things that have come before. Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMay 9, 2016
Apocalypse, for all its faults, has the audacity to make the MCU look small, and the conviction to make the DCU — if there even is such a thing — look foolish for confusing self-seriousness with gravity. If only these characters were allowed to be as complex as the ideas they fight for, Apocalypse could have represented a new beginning for superhero cinema. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversMay 26, 2016
Director Bryan Singer, who started the whole thing in high style with 2000's "X-Men," returns for a fourth time. Singer shows a lot of energy, but he and screenwriter Simon Kinberg (Fantastic Four, yuck) let the movie get way overcrowded. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMay 26, 2016
At times, “Apocalypse” can be great fun, even if it doesn’t know when to hand its car keys to a friend and ask to be taken home. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldMay 26, 2016
The action, aside from the cloudy 3D, looks impressive (particularly the destruction of the Sydney Opera House), and X-Men: Apocalypse moves along tidily, but you watch thinking that all this used to be a lot more fun. Read full review
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanMay 26, 2016
When we have to spend time with Beast and Angel and Nightcrawler and Cyclops and Psylocke and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence, still strong), the movie too often becomes a parade of cameos. Apocalypse has no personality, merely the malevolence of a megalomaniac. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMay 25, 2016
This ninth installment in the Marvel mutant superhero franchise is rife with urgent and (dare we say?) apocalyptic comings and goings, with characters and confrontations that seem at once familiar and befuddling. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineSam C. MacMay 9, 2016
The issue with X-Men: Apocalypse is that Bryan Singer suggests so many possible directions to go in and still chooses the least interesting one. Read full review
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