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- 2011
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 11 m
- 2011
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 11 m
Summary X-Men: First Class, following the classic Marvel mythology, charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with ot...
Directed By: Matthew Vaughn
- 2011
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 11 m
- 2011
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 11 m
X-Men: First Class
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7.8
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Summary X-Men: First Class, following the classic Marvel mythology, charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with ot...
Directed By: Matthew Vaughn
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
24% Mixed
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5% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
65
71% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
24% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
After undergoing some unfortunate mutations in recent years, a beleaguered Marvel movie property gets the smart, stylish prequel it deserves in X-Men: First Class.
Audacious, confident and fueled by youthful energy.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 1,433 User Ratings
7.8
85% Positive
1213 Ratings
1213 Ratings
12% Mixed
167 Ratings
167 Ratings
4% Negative
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 1,433 User Ratings
7.8
85% Positive
1213 Ratings
1213 Ratings
12% Mixed
167 Ratings
167 Ratings
4% Negative
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
After undergoing some unfortunate mutations in recent years, a beleaguered Marvel
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Another crowd-pleasing comic-book film designed to bring in new fans while gratifying the old ones.
X-Men: First Class isn't anywhere close to being a genre classic like "Spider-Man 2" or "The Dark Knight," but it is good enough to rejuvenate a franchise stuck on idle.
Still, the deadliest single element in this film can be traced not to Bacon's character, but to composer Henry Jackson, whose music seems determined to kill us all with waves of dramatic nothingness.
These ludicrous but endearing moments of bro-bonding are all that sets this otherwise stock-issue superhero movie apart from its mass-produced brethren.
A cameo from an old-school X-Man only serves to remind how stylish and witty the first installment was a decade ago. Lacking a single memorable joke or striking image, First Class is as perfunctory and passionless as would-be franchise resurrections get.
An X-Men film mostly without Wolverine? Would it be nice? Yes it will be! It still is, after 8 f**king years!
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Good : This is the best X-Men movie till date, and if Dark Phoenix is the final movie telling the story of the main characters, then I am sure that it will be the greatest X-Men film Fox ever made. I had watched two good and two rubbish X-Men films, before I watched this. And right off the charts, I got the most amazing X-Men movie till date. What isn't there in this movie? The actions are pretty good, the casting is amazing, the performances are great and most importantly, the story is excellent. Matthew Vaughn captures the perfect nostalgic tone for a movie set in the 60s. Everything looks perfect in that respect. This is perhaps the first X-Men movie which felt a lot grounded than the previous ones. We get invested in the plotlines involving Xavier and Magneto, and, Xavier and Raven. Their parts of the story have been well directed and developed. In the end, you feel that you have cared for the characters that are there from the beginning to the end, at least the main ones. The chemistry between the main characters is great. The first two films were good, but Xavier and Magneto never felt like they could have such a great backstory. This movie made the characters permanently likeable for me. Especially Magneto. This movie has the best portrayal of Magneto in the entire series. This, in fact, is HIS movie. And yet, it manages to deliver a lot in other parts too. James McAvoy kills it as young Xavier. Michael Fassbender owns the role of young Magneto. Jennifer Lawrence does her best as Raven till date, and has the most compelling looks as the character. Kevin Bacon as Shaw gives us one of the better villains of the series. I have never found the villains of any of the X-Men films so compelling. Magneto was fine in the films we got by this point and beyond, but just fine. Others were just a meh. Shaw works perfectly as a villain for a movie of this kind. Unlike other X-Men films before this, it is really deep. It gives a complete and excellent justification for Xavier and Eric's rivalries, while being rich in character development. It gives us a very good bonding between the characters and shows us a very great side of their friendship before **** them into pieces, which was dramatic in a good sense and had a huge emotional impact. The mutants being accepted in the human society has been a recurring theme in these films. But none of them have been so compelling as in this one. It has been treated superficially and serves as a plot device but we do not buy it completely in other films. This is not the case here. Lastly, there's a cameo; perhaps one of the best ever. That single cameo is leaps and bounds better than X-Men 3 and Wolverine 1. .
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Bad : Not so big issues, but there's a slight inconsistency with what happens towards the end of this film and the beginning of X-Men 3. This is perhaps the most generic prequel problem, but I can give it a pass because X-Men 3 was a blant f**kery at best. This movie is the reason we're getting Dark Phoenix, and if it doesn't turn out to be great, this movie is to be blamed .... kind of. .
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Conclusion : This movie is an excellent superhero film in the retrospect and in the present date too. It has a very deep story with a whole bunch of likeable characters and full of emotions, action and grounded themes. It does nothing to disappoint. McAvoy, Fassbender and Lawrence prove to be the standout performers. .
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Score : absolute 10/10
Grade : golden A+
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If you said this film was written by a 15-year-old or Jonathan Ross' wife I would believe you. Fassbender gives a strong performance and does his best to ground the absurdity of it all. Kevin Bacon is great also. The set designs are superb, and some great prosthetic work. First Class is mainly let down by its poor direction by Vaughn, infantile plot and corny dialogue.
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After just watching I thought it was quite interesting and thrilling, but after some times passes I barely even remember what happened and now that decided to write this review after longer time I can barely tell the plotlines. So it was decent but nothing much to remember.
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Production Company
Twentieth Century Fox,
Marvel Entertainment,
Dune Entertainment,
Bad Hat Harry Productions,
Donners' Company,
Ingenious Media,
Big Screen Productions,
Ingenious Film Partners,
Dune Entertainment III,
Genre Films
Release Date Jun 3, 2011
Duration 2 h 11 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Before he was Professor X, he was Charles. Before he was Magneto, he was Erik. Before they were enemies, they were allies.
Awards
Scream Awards
• 2 Wins & 14 Nominations
IGN Summer Movie Awards
• 8 Wins & 10 Nominations
Golden Schmoes Awards
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
