X: First Class (2011)
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Variety Justin Chang
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.
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The Hollywood Reporter Todd McCarthy
Audacious, confident and fueled by youthful energy.
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Orlando Sentinel Roger Moore
X-Men: First Class still sings the praises of Marvel Studios' marvelous quality control of comic book movies. It's good, clean summer movie fun where the money they spend is up on the screen - with actors and effects - so that we won't mind spending our money on it.
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Boston Globe Ty Burr
Perfectly fine summer folderol, epic enough on its own terms if not quite big enough to expand beyond its genre and matter to people who find it difficult to care about characters who spit gobs of flaming phlegm. I realize there are fewer and fewer of us, but we're a hardy band and stubborn.
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New York Post Kyle Smith
Director Matthew Vaughn, who did last year's delightful "Kick-Ass," doesn't do witty this time around, but he does keep up a spiffing pace while making the action blaze.
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Boxoffice Magazine
What the film does well, however, is grasp the tone and rhythm of the original comic books.
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Arizona Republic Kerry Lengel
X-Men: First Class isn't anywhere close to being a genre classic like "Spider-Man 2" or "The Dark Knight," but it is good enough to rejuvenate a franchise stuck on idle.
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Empire Dan Jolin
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.
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New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
It's big, bright, savvy, and so expansive you'll undoubtedly leave feeling you got your money's worth.
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Slant Magazine
Despite his apparent comfort with F/X-heavy projects, the obligations of duty to the brand are too much for Matthew Vaughn's strange, singular voice, which rarely has the chance to shape the film unmolested by a curiously bland script.
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