Dark Phoenix
critic Reviews
, 22% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Dark Phoenix ends an era of the X-Men franchise by taking a second stab at adapting a classic comics arc -- with deeply disappointing results.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJoe MorgensternWall Street Journal
The spectacle is entertaining, up to a point, but even the digital wizardry wears thin, and Dark Phoenix turns into a standard-brand miasma of explosions, collisions and swirling force fields.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAtavia ReedChicago Reader
Turner delivers a solid performance as a young woman coming to grips with an unknown force, and James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender maintain the frenemy bond we've grown to love.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTim CogshellFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
A middlin' X-men effort that cheats the saga of its past, present and future, messing with the story-line in unacceptable ways. Plus, it looks big and cheap - but mostly cheap.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMichael HaleSight & Sound
Outgunned on the action front by box-office rivals and too nervous to tell a more intimate story, Dark Phoenix leaves the franchise running on empty.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMichael SragowFilm Comment Magazine
It's as if the writer-director [Simon Kinberg] is using a superhero movie to rediscover the roots of soap opera. His emphasis on everything Young about the franchise swamps everything that's Adult.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeKermode & Mayo's Film Review
It felt terribly, terribly scrappy.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreCory WoodroofFor the Win (USA Today)
Dark Phoenix is certainly bad for the normal reasons a movie is bad, but it’s the passionless obligation with which the film operates that the most dispiriting aspect about it.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreCalum CooperSource (Scotland)
All the heart and intricacy that once made the franchise so distinct has been disintegrated. Unlike the titular character however, nothing stronger rises from the ashes. Only something devoid of passion.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreManuel São BentoMSB Reviews
Dark Phoenix ends up being what everyone feared it would be: a movie that didn’t matter, at all. One that didn’t even try to pay homage to an extraordinary saga that notably influenced the comic-book genre.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreGrant WatsonFiction Machine
This fresh attempt is not poorly made exactly as The Last Stand was; instead it is a fairly risible effort for all new reasons.
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