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Aquaman

2018

James Wan

Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Willem Dafoe ...

5.6

24,472

Fantasy. Action Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and to be a hero to the world.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[It is] irreverent enough to deflect from what is inherently silly about a man who talks to dolphins and rides a giant seahorse."	POS
United States	Wesley Morris The New York Times	"t's just two and a half years of - sorry, two and a half hours - of oceanic screen savers and hair that won't stop undulating so we know when we're underwater (...) There’s no joy or wonder to behold, just comic-book movie blah-blah."	NEG
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"The action set pieces seem quite arbitrary (...) dictated by the requirements of the format rather than by some organic, intrinsic narrative need (...) Technically, the film is everything its fan base wants and expects"	NEU
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"It’s just H2-OK (...) A mostly fun and effective blend of action sequences (...) Momoa, however, makes an imposing and likable hero (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Imagine having to sit through the movie, which, at 139 minutes, is about 45 minutes, and five extraneous subplots, too long (...) Like the frequently shirtless Momoa, it’s pretty at first, then it just hurts (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"I don’t see 'Aquaman' ever reaching icon status, but I’ll say this: He’s a lot more fun on his own, when he’s not saddled with those overly serious stiffs Superman and Batman (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Watching this movie is like spending two hours and 27 minutes staring at a gigantic aquarium full of digital sea creatures and actors on wires, pretending to swim."	NEG
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"It too often checks boxes rather than blowing them up for something new (...) Wan is usually great at juggling genres and doesn’t disappoint here (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A mess of clashing tones and shameless silliness, but a relief after all the franchise’s recent superhero gloom (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Scott Mendelson Forbes	"Outrageously entertaining and gloriously bonkers (...) [It] offers just enough character and nuance to be more than empty spectacle (...) 'Aquaman' may be the most consistently good movie in the DC Films franchise"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A let-down (...) [It] looks like a giant version of the kitschy items that you put in fish-tanks (...) This is a film that never quite comes up for air (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"'Aquaman' sails along on waves of fun and spectacle (...) A movie that's fairly buoyant (...) [It] proves consistently interesting visually"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"It’s put together with so little consistency that even individual shots look like their various parts have been thumbed together like bits from mismatched jigsaws (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"'Aquaman' isn’t a masterpiece, but it has an idea at its heart—or, better yet, a feeling. Wan has taken a seemingly impossible task and imbued it with clarity and personality."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"'Aquaman' imitates Marvel’s 'Thor' to an embarrassing degree (...) Instead of making one 'Aquaman' movie, Wan has made three or four, spinning the wheel and changing modes whenever one idea dries up"	NEG
United States	William Bibbiani The Wrap	"It’s a simple plot, but it’s sturdy enough (...) It’s a world where anything can happen, and it always looks amazing when it does."	POS
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"It can’t decide if it wants to be silly or serious — a superhero movie or a parody of one (...) [A] world with dramatic cotton candy and silly characters"	NEG
United States	Emily Yoshida Vulture	"None of the action is particularly memorable (...) The star instead is the fantastical designs and world-building (...) Its visual imagination is genuinely exciting and transportive"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Its mix of tones fails to get along swimmingly (...) While Wan’s film works hard to be robustly, shamelessly entertaining, it often feels like a hybrid of other, better movies"	NEG
United States	Jim Vejvoda IGN	"Momoa balances the wit, earnestness, and physicality of the role with ease (...) It’s all so inherently weird and brazenly bonkers that the siren call of this giddy, otherworldly romp is hard to resist"	POS
United States	Vinnie Mancuso Collider	"A mess so wild and candy-colored and eager to have a bitchin’ time that it’s some of the most fun I’ve had at a theater this year, anchored by a Momoa who is having the time of his goddamn life"	POS
United States	Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"Like its hero, 'Aquaman' is big, cheesy, and fun (...) The Atlanteans aren’t any fun"	NEU
Canada	Molly Freeman Screen Rant	"There's plenty to enjoy in 'Aquaman', and much of that is derived from the movie's personality (…) The non-human underwater creatures and worlds are beautifully, realistically rendered (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS

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