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X-Men: First Class

2011

Matthew Vaughn

James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Lawrence ...

6.8

64,247

Sci-Fi. Adventure. Action. Fantasy ‘X-Men: First Class’ charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A first-class production that excitingly reenergizes a flagging franchise. (...) the first half (...) is arguably the best hour of Marvel Comics-derived filmmaking (...) Audacious, confident and fueled by youthful energy"	POS
United Kingdom	Dan Jolin Empire	"All you’d expect from an X-Men film (or spin-off, or prequel), but not all you’d hope for. It smacks of rush and compromise, but there’s thankfully enough to make you feel optimistic about the series’ future once more. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"After undergoing some unfortunate mutations in recent years, a beleaguered Marvel movie property gets the smart, stylish prequel it deserves in 'X-Men: First Class'"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"X-Men: First Class" is competent weekend entertainment (...) The actors all embody their roles convincingly, if somewhat humorlessly (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"The X-Men film series has bounced back to life with its fifth installment, rescued with a straight injection of pop"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A potent reminder of what jazzed us about Bryan Singer's first two X-Men and the Marvel comics that spawned them (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS

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