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90The best kind of summer blockbuster -- the kind that makes you immediately crave a sequel.
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90The film's strength and its entertainment lie in John Myhre's production design, its generally appealing cast...and, perhaps most importantly, a canny degree of self-parody.
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90For diehard fans, X-Men is full of in jokes and sly references -- For everybody else, there's the thrill of the unknown.
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90It's a rich, impressive comic-book fantasy -- easily the summer's best "blockbuster."
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88Balances brains, brawn and heart in ideal proportions. The actors - some first-rate, all enjoyable - never get overshadowed by the special effects, which dazzle us without gory excess.
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85One of this year's most dazzling entertainments, not to mention one of the best comic-book movies ever made.
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83Singer deftly crafts a sleek, unusually tight film that balances comic-book adventure, pulp opera and the fear of being different.
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80A distinctively absorbing entertainment, offering just enough popcorn thrills for mass audiences and just enough chewiness for hardcore sci-fi fans.
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80When it comes to stoopid fun, X-Men could be the summer movie to beat.
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80While X-Men doesn't take your breath away wire-to-wire the way "The Matrix" did, it's an accomplished piece of work with considerable pulp watchability to it.
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80Exciting mainly because anything can happen and does, the movie drags a bit as it approaches a climax set atop the Statue of Liberty.
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75The most enjoyable piece of pop fantasy of the summer; sleek, elegant, exciting and wildly, outrageously imaginative.
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75A solid action story with inventive battles (one on the Statue of Liberty) and satisfyingly gooey special effects.
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75Spectacular special effects and sets.
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75Doesn't match up against the new millennium martial artistry of "The Matrix," nor do the special effects - but he knows how to establish characters and relationships.
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75This feast of fantasy is worth it.
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75X-Men flies to the rescue with superheroes who have real substance.
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75Loaded with fine performances, traffics in audacious images and generally comports itself with a great deal more grace and gravitas than most movies with roots in fantastic themes.
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70Nearly the perfect balance between straight-faced pulp action and amused wonder at the outlandish world of comic books.
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67The film's greatest strength lies in its ability to view itself as a modern moral fable of sorts.
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63I started out liking this movie, while waiting for something really interesting to happen. When nothing did, I still didn't dislike it; I assume the X-Men will further develop their personalities if there is a sequel.
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63A mixed bag with the promise of a better sequel.
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63Recedes to a string of mere action exploits. These are proficiently executed but, for all their visual authority, not much more than routine.
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60Stylish, exciting and an occasionally poignant sci-fi adventure spectacle.
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60Plays like a so-so middle chapter of an epic series rather than a fitting kickoff.
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50The mood is awfully dark for an escapist fantasy, though, and the high-tech mayhem gets repetitious.
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50Missing are well-choreographed action scenes, likable characters and involving plot twists.
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50When the film version isn't assaulting you with gizmos, it's an awkward, depersonalized piece of hackwork.
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50A very odd cinematic creature.
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50Clumsy when it should be light on its feet, the movie takes itself even more seriously than the comic book and its fans do, which is a superheroic achievement.
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38Superhero comic book movie with a script so feeble it might have been written with crayons.
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20An ambitious, frustrating drag.
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10Isn't juvenile, it isn't even infantile. It's prenatal!
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