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53
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37
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36
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36
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36
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35
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35
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35
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34
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31
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28
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27
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26
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61
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56
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X-Men: The Last Stand
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
FILM:
GAMES:
MPAA RATING: PG-13
Starring
Patrick Stewart,
Hugh Jackman,
Ian McKellen,
Halle Berry,
Famke Janssen,
Anna Paquin,
Kelsey Grammer,
and
Rebecca Romijn
In the climax of the X-Men trilogy, a "cure" for mutancy threatens to alter the course of history. For the first time, mutants have a choice: retain their uniqueness, though it isolates and alienates them, or give up their powers and become human. (20th Century Fox)
| GENRE(S): |
Action
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Fantasy
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Sci-fi
|
Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Zak Penn
Simon Kinberg
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Brett Ratner
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: October 3, 2006
Theatrical: May 26, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
103 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
Also known as "X-Men 3"

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Surprise, surprise. X-Men: The Last Stand, the third big-screen convocation of mutant shape shifters, weather changers, ice makers, energy suckers, healers and telepaths from Marvel Comics, has shifted the shape of the franchise from pretty good, if uninspired, to terrifically entertaining.
75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
It delivers pretty much what's expected.

75
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Ratner is unable to maintain the emotional intensity that has made this series so deeply epic. But he sure knows how to put on a show.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Love it or hate it, X-III packs more action and razzle-dazzle visuals into its 104-minute running time than "Mission: Impossible III," "Poseidon" and "The Da Vinci Code" combined.

75
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
The happiest news about the third (and final?) X-Men movie is actually quite sad: headstones. Yes, The Last Stand brings the lamentable deaths of several major characters.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
I liked the action, I liked the absurdity, I liked the incongruous use and misuse of mutant powers, and I especially liked the way it introduces all of those political issues and lets them fight it out with the special effects.

70
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
If this really is the last stand, it's a stylish farewell indeed.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
Though the picture is not without its wow-inducing, SFX-driven moments, that potent X-factor is considerably diminished in Singer's absence.

70
New York Magazine
David Edelstein
It's a fast and enjoyable B-movie, though, and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine brings some good stormy drama to the proceedings.

70
Variety
Justin Chang
The result, though it delivers only in fits and starts, is still sharper and more inventive than most comicbook-adapted fare, and eventually gets the job done as far as action buffs are concerned.

70
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
If little else, the third and supposedly final entry in the X-Men mega-franchise suggests that some movies -- or at any rate some formulas -- are not just critic-proof, they might even be director-proof.

70
Newsweek
David Ansen
Ratner's version is friskier, shallower-and more fun.

70
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
Ratner seems to have found a theme that he can relate to: A terrifying trio of angry, undomesticated women who all but run away with the movie.

67
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Whether the entry is good, great or (in this case) indifferent, it's always stimulating to return to the high-flying X-Men series.

67
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
This is interesting stuff. So why does The Last Stand feel driven to dumb itself down, as if embarrassed by its own ideas?

67
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
I suppose it's asking too much of Ratner to impart some kind of visionary flourish to the proceedings. But without it, these comic-book movies all tend to look the same.

63
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Has a couple of emotionally resonant scenes that build on the first two story lines. But it lacks the intriguing moody quality of the previous films. The mutants are more pumped up and angry this time, rather than misunderstood and conflicted.

63
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Disappointingly, X-Men: The Last Stand slides back between the first two episodes. It's not stuporous, and it's not super.

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
With more superheroes, more action and more stuff blowing up than ever before, X-Men: The Last Stand has the climactic oomph that suggests a finale, though not the gravitas to suggest a resolution.

63
Premiere
Ethan Alter
Comic-book enthusiasts can breathe a sigh of relief: Brett Ratner hasn't completely ruined the X-Men series a.k.a. "The Franchise that Bryan Singer Built."

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
While I didn't love it, I enjoyed The Last Stand because it made me imagine the mutant powers I want to develop. I'm thinking along the lines of merging Rogue's suction abilities with Storm's controlled-rain skills.

63
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
But for all the sound, fury and spectacle, the film feels vaguely hollow and unsatisfying.

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Mostly about extending a Hollywood franchise with ever-diminishing returns.

63
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Director Brett Ratner can't make chicken a la king out of chicken droppings, and that's what writers Simon Kinberg ("XXX: State of the Union") and Zak Penn ("Elektra") supply.

60
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Only half a mess -- and even with all its flaws, it's an enjoyable diversion that shows both respect and affection for the formidable legacy of the "X-Men" comics.

60
Empire
Dan Jolin
Singer's absence is felt but not fatal. By adding too much new blood Ratner loses some of the original DNA, but with its nifty set-pieces and a few nasty surprises, X3's still a worthy enough sequel to ensure it’s no Last Stand.

58
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
Following two superior entries, Ratner's slick placeholder of a sequel lacks that crucial X-factor called inspiration.

50
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Mostly, as so often with these types of empty entertainments, you are left to wonder why companies that hire so many fine actors to run around under latex and foam and have the best technological wizardry money can buy seem to spend so little attention to the screenplay.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Almost as mindless as "Fantastic Four," but more annoying in that this one has philosophical pretensions.

50
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Despite all the grand gestures of climax and resolution, there's a pronounced sense of autopilot; the only person who seems to be having a good time is Ian McKellen as the scheming Magneto.

50
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
There's much to enjoy here – Ratner's pacing is fluid and fast and the film rushes along its busy, cluttered way with something approaching melodramatic snarkiness – but it's also terribly busy and cluttered.

50
Slate
Michael Agger
An uninspired hodgepodge.

50
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Ratner makes a hash of the story and characters his predecessor brought to such complex, sympathetic life, delivering a pumped-up exercise in mayhem, carnage and blunt-force trauma.

50
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Last stand? My ass. Billed as the climax of a trilogy, the third and weakest chapter in the X-Men series is a blatant attempt to prove there is still life in the franchise.

50
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
It's a disappointing chapter in what until now has been a highly entertaining, even thought-provoking series.

40
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
Has a few high points, but feels far too disjointed and slapdash to favorably compare to what came before.

40
The New Yorker
David Denby
What a comedown, after the weirdly beautiful things Singer and his technicians did in the first two movies.

40
LA Weekly
Scott Foundas
Long before the movie's climax, in which Magneto (Ian McKellen) turns smashed-up automobiles into fiery projectiles to be hurled at his enemies, those in the audience will know what it means to behold a flaming hunk of junk.


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