Daredevil

Name: Daredevil
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy, Crime
Released: February 14, 2003
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 42
Cast: Ben Affleck, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan

2003

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Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critics

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Daredevil

Movie Details & Credits

TV-14

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: February 14, 2003

Starring: Ben Affleck, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan

Summary: Ben Affleck stars as the blind Marvel Comics character who is a lawyer by day and vigilante by night.

Director: Mark Steven Johnson

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy, Crime

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 103 min

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28	#28 Most Discussed Movie of 2003
49	#49 Most Shared Movie of 2003

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Austin Chronicle - Kimberley Jones

In short, the actors deserve a big round of applause -– especially Affleck, for finally wiping the smug look off of his face (OK, 80% smug-free); Garner, for her dead sexy mix of attitude and adrenaline; and the grunting, googly-eyed Farrell, for … well, for being "fookin’" nuts, I guess. Read full review

ReelViews - James Berardinelli

It's an adequate superhero yarn, but, hopefully, it's not the best of the burgeoning genre that 2003 has to offer. Read full review

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - William Arnold

Its overall effect is distinctly underwhelming. Read full review

L.A. Weekly - John Powers

Johnson clearly digs the idea of Daredevil as an agonized hero, slathering the screen with gloomy lighting and Catholic imagery, yet the movie has far less emotional weight than, say, "Spider-Man" (whose building-hopping pyrotechnics it often appears to be copying). Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman

Daredevil is the sort of half-assed, visually lackadaisical potboiler that makes you rue the day that comic-book franchises ever took over Hollywood. Read full review

The A.V. Club - Keith Phipps

Casting Affleck would have paid off had the conflicted, acerbic star of “Boiler Room,” “Changing Lanes,” or even “Bounce” shown up. Instead we're left with the cardboard hero of “Armageddon” and “The Sum Of All Fears,” a caretaker leading man wholly dependent on the quality of the movie around him. Sadly, there's not much of that. Read full review

Village Voice - Ed Park

Affleck and impressively amazonian Alias star Jennifer Garner (as the ninjitsu-savvy daughter of a wealthy tycoon) are lankier than "Spider-Man's" Maguire and Dunst, which is good if you like lanky, but their relationship substitutes cliché for chemistry. Read full review

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TylerDurden900

Jul 19, 2014

Daredevil is an excellent marvel comic and superhero movie. The movie received a lot of flak when it was
released. I don't see why, the movie is terrific. From the acting to the special effects, the movie hits the
mark. Daredevil deserves the utmost kudos for staying true to the darkDaredevil is an excellent marvel comic and superhero movie. The movie received a lot of flak when it was
released. I don't see why, the movie is terrific. From the acting to the special effects, the movie hits the
mark. Daredevil deserves the utmost kudos for staying true to the dark themes of the comic book.
Daredevil and The Punisher are the truest movies to the comic books and they both received low reviews.
The reviews mean nothing because both of the movies are magnificent. Both movies are 100 percent true to the marvel comics, A+ for both movies.… Expand

44 of 50 users found this helpful446

Sam

Sep 18, 2005

I can see how people hated this movie and loved. I for one and none of them, I am one of the people that just flat out enjoyed it. I liked the effects, the dialouge isn't that bad and it was sometimes pretty funny. I liked this movie. In fact, I liked it a lot.

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MovieGuys

Sep 26, 2013

Okay superhero movie, at best. The score and dialogue are pretty unintelligent, but the added imparity of blindness to the protagonist adds for at least a little something extra.

1 of 6 users found this helpful15

SuperheroMovies

Aug 5, 2013

There are moments of undeniably zippy fun, but Daredevil suffers from indolent acting, incoherent pacing and a monotonous script that's weak compared to the average superhero movie standard.

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

J-Shap

Aug 27, 2011

For a superhero that's supposed to be so dark and tortured by guilt (emotional and Catholic), Daredevil is a rather goofy movie. It's dialogue feels like it was written by someone who had never read a comic book trying to emulate one, and scene after scene of forced drama (and by drama, IFor a superhero that's supposed to be so dark and tortured by guilt (emotional and Catholic), Daredevil is a rather goofy movie. It's dialogue feels like it was written by someone who had never read a comic book trying to emulate one, and scene after scene of forced drama (and by drama, I mean play a ton of emo songs).… Expand

3 of 9 users found this helpful36

marcmyworks

Jun 22, 2014

Daredevil embodies what not to do in a superhero movie. Have cheesy one-liners, convoluted plot and a Director who claims all the best scenes were removed in post. Overall not badly shot, but everything else stinks.

2 of 8 users found this helpful26

voiders

Aug 26, 2013

Bad script, bad actors, bad felling, pointless.... The movie dont have any good point..
Unfortunately i had watch on the cinema. Was a wasteof money..

2 of 9 users found this helpful27

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