Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: November 11, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 62 Critic Reviews
Positive:
42
Mixed:
18
Negative:
2
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60
CineVueChristopher MachellNov 16, 2022
As just another entry in the MCU, Wakanda Forever is a very solid film. Entertaining and intelligent, it builds on the themes of its predecessor. Yet, navigating more than defying the Marvel machine, Coogler’s sequel becomes more than the sum of its parts. And so Wakanda Forever’s most important legacy is as a fine and fitting tribute to its erstwhile hero. Read full review
60
SlateDana StevensNov 10, 2022
While it’s frequently moving and occasionally thrilling, the gears sometimes grind audibly on the shift in between. Read full review
60
The New YorkerRichard BrodyNov 9, 2022
The images of Wakanda Forever allow for little creative interpretation; the performances are slotted into the plot like puzzle pieces. The script is the main product, and it’s engineered with the precision of a high-tech machine, with all the artificial artistry to match. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonNov 8, 2022
Coogler frequently harnesses these tragic circumstances for a rousing, politically pointed spectacle, which also touches on xenophobia and the cruelty of endless wars over dwindling natural resources. But the film is powered by its vibrant supporting cast, which now takes centre stage. Read full review
60
TimeStephanie ZacharekNov 8, 2022
Wakanda Forever is set in a world that many people desperately want to revisit—in the first film, Wakanda and its citizens were so vivid it’s no wonder they took a hold on us. But Wakanda Forever feels a lot like Marvel business as usual, marred by the usual muddily rendered action sequences and ungainly plot mechanics. Read full review
60
ScreenCrushMatt SingerNov 8, 2022
This movie has a lot on its mind — and perhaps too many characters. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawNov 8, 2022
As with the last film, there are bold extravagant gestures of spectacle, while Wright, Coel, Bassett, Gurira and Thorne all supply fierce performances; each of them ups the onscreen voltage simply by appearing. Read full review
58
The Film StageEthan VestbyNov 8, 2022
If often more ambitious, Wakanda Forever is also, in its lumbering narrative, a more awkward film than its predecessor. Read full review
50
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenNov 10, 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever suffers from a giant, Chadwick Boseman-shaped hole that it can’t fill, no matter how many characters, storylines, and muddled, chaotic action sequences it tries to throw on the screen. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliNov 9, 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is an overlong blockbuster in search of an editor. It’s a series of impressive action sequences without a compelling narrative to connect them. It’s a frustrating example of how financial success, not creative impetus, drives the existence of sequels, and it illustrates how unwieldy, contradictory, and overstuffed the MCU has become. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNov 8, 2022
As it stands, Wakanda Forever feels as lost and forlorn as the Wakandan people. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn HornadayNov 8, 2022
"Wakanda Forever” winds up feeling hopelessly stalled, covering up an inability to move on by resorting to repetitive, over-familiar action sequences, maudlin emotional beats and an uninvolving, occasionally incoherent story. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 8, 2022
As I’ve mentioned in many reviews of films of this ilk over the years, this isn’t my favorite genre. Unlike the somewhat better “Black Panther,” this installment was always going to be more somber thanks to the loss of its star. What the film lacks is the will to make make that loss heartbreaking. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineJake ColeNov 8, 2022
Though its lugubrious and plodding narrative spins its wheels ahead of someone coming along to fill T’Challa’s shoes, Wakanda Forever does stand out for its depictions of grief. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithNov 11, 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever may not have the same flaws as Marvel’s other recent disappointments, but it continues what amounts to a creative losing streak. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Angelica Jade BastienNov 10, 2022
To say the film is overtaxed is an understatement. Regrettably, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever tries to do so many things that it comes across as threadbare and pallid — less a failure of imagination and more of circumstance, time, and narrative constraints. Read full review
40
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeNov 10, 2022
Coogler and his team have pulled together a functional time-passer in difficult circumstances. As before, the costumes are a gorgeous exercise in Afrofuturist chic. The music neatly works ethnic elements in with triumphant orchestral swirls. And the actors are consistently strong. Read full review
40
Time OutPhil de SemlyenNov 9, 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has more going for it than those MCU B-sides, but it still falls a long way short of recapturing the exhilarating glories of director Ryan Coogler’s 2018 smash hit. The visual and storytelling flaws here are only exacerbated by the seriously unsnappy runtime (they’re really not kidding with the whole ‘forever’ thing). Read full review
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