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Captain America: The First Avenger Reviews

Captain America: The First Avenger

Overview


Genre :

Superhero, Action

Release Date :

July 22, 2011

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Joe Johnston

Starring :

Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Stan, Toby Jones, Dominic Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Richard Armitage, Stanley Tucci, Natalie Dormer, Neal McDonough, JJ Feild, Derek Luke, Amanda Righetti, Samuel L. Jackson, Kenneth Choi

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

3 of 4

“..Johnston has delivered a light, clever and deftly balanced adventure picture with real lump in the throat nostalgia..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
Review rate : B

“..it's the definition of a square, competent, deliver-the-goods blockbuster..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
4 of 5

“..it's a layer cake made of one part Indiana Jones, one part James Bond and one part "Inglourious Basterds," with the bright colors, tone and style of a four-color comic book as the icing holding it all together..”
by James Rocchi [MSN Movies]
“..comes across as remarkably flat..”
by Peter Debruge [Variety]
2 of 4

“..always a reliably dynamic and vivacious screen presence - can't do much to bring the character to life..”
by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
Review rate : B
Reviewed by Tom Long [Detroit News]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Linda Barnard [Toronto Star]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jennie Punter [Globe and Mail]

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