Justice League
Warner Bros. | Release Date: November 17, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 52 Critic Reviews
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28
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88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 15, 2017
It’s a putting-the-band-together origins movie, executed with great fun and energy. Read full review
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanNov 15, 2017
The movie is no cheat. It’s a tasty franchise delivery system that kicks a certain series back into gear. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranNov 15, 2017
A seriously satisfying superhero movie, one that, rife with lines like "the stench of your fear is making my soldiers hungry," actually feels like the earnest comic books of our squandered youth. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzNov 15, 2017
If the film is a potluck stew of half-cooked notions, it's at least a tasty one. Read full review
75
USA TodayBrian TruittNov 15, 2017
A better effort than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and a worthy follow-up to runaway hit Wonder Woman, Justice League does the DC icons proud with some high-profile additions and a strong if unspectacular effort full of fun character moments. Read full review
71
The VergeTasha RobinsonNov 15, 2017
Because the film goes in so many tonal and narrative directions, it feels like a grab bag anyone can reach into and fish around in for something to their personal tastes, from dramatic themes to offhand banter, from mindless pummel-fests to thoughtful conversations about heroic responsibility. Justice League isn’t an entirely coherent film, but it’s certainly an egalitarian one. Read full review
70
Village VoiceBilge EbiriNov 15, 2017
The joints show, and the cuts are sometimes awkward — there was clearly a longer, more d-r-a-w-n o-u-t version of this at some point — but what’s left after the cutting is fun and engaging enough, and it’s all anchored by terrific lead performances. There were even times when (gasp) it moved me. Read full review
70
IGNJim VejvodaNov 14, 2017
It’s messy and flawed but it still offers enough entertainment value (mostly thanks to its likable characters) to make it worthwhile. Read full review
67
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallNov 15, 2017
Justice League does remain fun as it unravels, an upgrade from every other DC flick. Yet a movie intended as the culmination of DC lore instead feels like just another sequel set-up. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanNov 15, 2017
Most of the brights spots in Justice League involve Miller’s Flash — literally. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 15, 2017
Justice League doesn’t have anyone with the witty way with a line Robert Downey Jr. brings to Ironman, or the swagger of Chris Hemsworth (Thor) to carry it. But Momoa’s bemused physicality has its own cockiness, Miller’s wide-eyed Flash innocence and Gadot’s commitment to earnest, brave and spoiling for a fight Diana put “The Avengers” on notice. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversNov 15, 2017
Justice League is a decent crowdpleaser, preferable in every way to the candy-assed cynicism of Suicide Squad. But sometimes shadows need to fall to show us what to be scared of. In the end, this all-star team-up is too afraid of the dark to work its way into our dreams. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfNov 15, 2017
Justice League gets the band together but remembers to bring the banter along with the boom. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsEthan SacksNov 15, 2017
There are enough positives that Justice League shouldn't be dismissed as Flash over substance. It’s just that with the rich history of these iconic heroes on the printed page, the film should have felt more… super. Read full review
58
The Film StageBrian RoanNov 15, 2017
In between battles the banter is light enough and the actors charming enough to make even the most leaden dialogue bounce a little. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyNov 15, 2017
First, the good news. Justice League is better than its joylessly somber dress rehearsal, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Now the “but”…you knew there was a “but” coming, right? But it also marks a pretty steep comedown from the giddy highs of Wonder Woman. Read full review
50
Paste MagazineDom SinacolaNov 16, 2017
Justice League may be a more functional film that its predecessors, but it also lacks the style and go-for-broke big ideas that made Batman v Superman such a fascinating shitshow. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoNov 16, 2017
Justice League is a sloppy team-up film that doesn't even take time to properly introduce pivotal members of its titular team, but when you're playing a dangerous (also ill-advised) game of catch up, these are the risks. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonNov 16, 2017
This is a generic, uninspired and mind-bogglingly boring comic-book movie that’s out to steal your money and time. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliNov 16, 2017
Narrative-wise, Justice League is forced to do too many things. Read full review
50
VoxAlex Abad-SantosNov 15, 2017
Justice League suffers from a mediocre, mismatched script that undercuts its characters. But Jason Momoa and Ezra Miller make it work for them. Read full review
50
TimeStephanie ZacharekNov 15, 2017
Where to lay the blame for Justice League’s just OK-ness? The movie is a jumbo-sized blur — not terrible, just underwhelming even amid its desperation to impress us. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy BurrNov 15, 2017
Justice League may play well to hardcore DC cognoscenti, but if you’re not a fan, the movie’s failings are easy to enumerate. First off, the villain’s a dud. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzNov 15, 2017
Justice League is, if flawed, at least a step in the right direction. But there's still a journey ahead. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonNov 15, 2017
Flash provides some comic relief...Aquaman some terse tough guy laughs, but the jokes land stiffly, and Wonder Woman, recently the star of her own blockbuster movie, is back to being part of a superhero tag-team, taking turns in the end at beating on Steppenwolf. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorNov 15, 2017
No, there's no shortage of interesting characters with intriguing powers on display here, but there's frustratingly little space to tell their individual stories and, biggest problem of all, they lack a worthy opponent. Read full review
50
ConsequenceAllison ShoemakerNov 15, 2017
It’s better than you may expect, a mostly tolerable movie made occasionally enjoyable by a few lively performances, one good fight sequence, and a solid punchline or two. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonNov 15, 2017
Whatever mild pleasure can be derived from seeing Batman and Wonder Woman team up with other costumed crime-fighters quickly dissipates as it becomes clear that director Zack Snyder has again crafted a lumbering blockbuster that dilutes what’s so stirring about these fabled fictional champions. Read full review
50
IndieWireEric KohnNov 15, 2017
The resulting 119-minute pileup of showdowns and one-liners is an undeniably tighter, more engaging experience. It’s also a tired, conventional attempt to play by the rules, with “hold for laughs” moments shoehorned between rapid-fire action — a begrudging concession that the Marvel formula works, and a shameless attempt to replicate it. Read full review
50
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeNov 14, 2017
If “Wonder Woman” provided a glimmer of hope that DC Comics movies might start looking, moving and sounding differently than before, Justice League plops us right back into “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” territory, albeit with a little more wit and humanity. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyNov 15, 2017
The “new and improved” model looks claustrophobically like an overpriced TV pilot, and not in a good way. Say what you want about the tenets of brooding, art-school-fascist superhero worship, but at least it’s an ethos. Read full review
42
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthNov 15, 2017
By time Justice League gets to the finish line and credits — stick around, there is an abysmal mid-credits scene, and a decent enough post-credits scene — exhaustion has long set in. Read full review
40
CineVueChristopher MachellNov 16, 2017
Where Snyder’s previous film at least tried to consider the ramifications of Gods living among us, Justice League is about nothing other than the vapid, commercial need to make a Justice League film. Read full review
40
SlateJonathan L. FischerNov 16, 2017
I realize I am allowing this film to slide under a very low bar. As the better Marvel films have shown, you need a lot more than zippy repartee to make a superhero film feel heartfelt and thematically resonant. And this one, despite its Whedon-y patches, is mostly a senses-assaulting mess, an offense to good taste as well as basic narrative cohesion. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNov 15, 2017
Like most “universe” movies, this one has about five beginnings and then segues into a round-up-the-team section that ought to have been sure-fire. But the banter has a droopy, depressed air, as if the actors know they’re coming from behind. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla DargisNov 15, 2017
The story is a confusion of noise, visual clutter and murderous digital gnats, but every so often a glimmer of life flickers through. Read full review
40
EmpireDan JolinNov 15, 2017
It’s breezily fun at times, in a what-the-hey way. But, lumbered with a story that struggles to find resonance beyond its improbable plot devices and preposterous MacGuffinry, Justice League isn’t about to steal Avengers’ super-team crown. Read full review
40
ScreenCrushMatt SingerNov 15, 2017
Justice League is a collection of missed opportunities and flubbed ideas. Read full review
40
Total FilmJordan FarleyNov 14, 2017
Justice League’s most significant shortcoming is how forgettable it all is. There’s barely a moment that sticks, not a single sequence to rival the standout superhero set-pieces of recent years. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawNov 14, 2017
There is something ponderous and cumbersome about Justice League. Read full review
38
New York PostSara StewartNov 16, 2017
Justice League is a pointless flail of expensive (yet, somehow, cheap-looking) CGI that no amount of tacked-on quips, or even Gadot’s luminescent star power, can rescue. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJake ColeNov 15, 2017
When the film's tone slides so firmly back into the murk, it's hard not to see DC's notion of heroism as borderline nihilistic. Read full review
38
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenNov 15, 2017
Only the super-speedy Flash, played by Ezra Miller, lightens up the proceedings. Miller’s goofy eager-beaver take on the character, very reminiscent of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, is the picture’s saving grace. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshNov 15, 2017
The breathtakingly bad Justice League, with its corny banter and terrible effects just might signify a return to that goofy Batman form. Read full review
35
UproxxMike RyanDec 4, 2017
I am legitimately bummed out about how much I disliked Justice League. Read full review
35
The AtlanticDavid SimsNov 20, 2017
Justice League feels like a pilot episode—it’s half-formed, overstuffed, and narratively a chore—but at least its gotten all those annoying introductions out of the way. And it only took five movies to get there. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesNov 15, 2017
Busy and boring and oppressively computer generated, Justice League screams we’re back to business as usual. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyNov 14, 2017
Garishly unattractive to look at and lacking the spirit that made Wonder Woman, which came out five months ago, the most engaging of Warner Bros.' DC Comics-derived extravaganzas to date, this hodgepodge throws a bunch of superheroes into a mix that neither congeals nor particularly makes you want to see more of them in future. Plainly put, it's simply not fun. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNov 15, 2017
The worst action movies, and this is one of them, are all about stretching out the action. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternNov 16, 2017
The battles to save the world are generic/titanic; the villain is a bloodless bore with a boom-box roar; and the screen, like the ragged story, is chockablock with such underdeveloped overachievers as Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash. Read full review
20
The TelegraphRobbie CollinNov 14, 2017
It feels like a sheepish feature-length retraction of the franchise to date. It’s consistently embarrassing to watch, and features plot holes so yawningly vast they have a kind of Grand Canyon-like splendour: part of you wants to hang around to see what they look like at sunset. Read full review
10
Vanity FairRichard LawsonDec 9, 2017
The film is, plainly stated, terrible, and I’m sorry that everyone wasted their time and money making it—and that people are being asked to waste their time and money seeing it. I hate to be so blunt, but it simply must be said this time. Read full review
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