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Iron Man

2008

Jon Favreau

Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges ...

6.6

97,356

Fantasy. Action. Adventure. Sci-Fi Tony Stark is a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"[An] expansively entertaining special effects extravaganza (...) An unusually elegant looking film for the genre."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It’s been years since a movie superhero was this fierce and this funny (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"An unusually good superhero picture. Or at least — since it certainly has its problems — a superhero movie that’s good in unusual ways."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[Downey Jr.] is strong because he is smart, quick and funny, and because we sense his public persona masks deep private wounds. By building on that, Favreau found his movie, and it's a good one (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"Despite my reservations about 'Iron Man,' it's a pretty good time at the movies"	NEU
United Kingdom	Paul Arendt BBC	"Is it summer already? The first of the big budget superhero blockbusters has arrived, and it's a roaring success, thanks to a combination of superb special effects and canny casting (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"'Iron Man' may not make the A-list of Marvel Comics' stable (...) but he may be the cinema superhero for the rest of us."	NEU
United States	David Denby The New Yorker	"[Downey Jr.] can make offhandedness mesmerizing, even soulful (...) There’s a slightly depressed, going-through-the-motions feel to the entire show"	NEU
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"A canny piece of work (...) The four credited writers have set up a situation they don't know how to resolve"	NEU
United States	Nathan Rabin AV Club	"[It finds a] balance between delirious spectacle and tortured introspection thanks largely to Downey, a great actor who's also a great entertainer"	POS
United Kingdom	David Jenkins Time Out	"Favreau’s film feels like it has been meticulously assembled rather than lovingly formed (...) Sporadically charming (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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