it's suffused with an arch, self-aware wit - its titular hero violates the fourth wall more than Groucho Marx, Bugs Bunny and Ambush Bug put together - yet it takes its romance and revenge storylines just seriously enough to keep us engaged
Deadpool drops trou to reveal itself as a really raunchy, very dirty and pretty funny goof on the entire superhero ethos, as well as the first Marvel film to irreverently trash the brand