
The Times
(Waititi's) follow-up may not quite have the irreverent zing of its predecessor but it still bursts with surreal spectacle, Pythonesque silliness and disarming emotion.
Full reviewFilmmaker Taika Waititi returns to Thor after 2017's Ragnarok. Chris Hemsworth of course is back, here joined by Natalie Portman reprising her role as Jane Foster from Thor and The Dark World.
Foster's storyline will see her take the mantle as a female incarnation of Thor (as happened to the character in the comics). Tessa Thompson returns as Valkyrie and will begin a search for her queen, becoming the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first major LGBTQ character. Love and Thunder will be the fourth Thor movie and MCU #29.
Less(Waititi's) follow-up may not quite have the irreverent zing of its predecessor but it still bursts with surreal spectacle, Pythonesque silliness and disarming emotion.
Full reviewGorr is easily the most interesting and sympathetic Marvel adversary since Michael B. Jordan’s Killmonger in Black Panther.
Full reviewTaika’s Thor-quel is a big, beautiful blast. You’ll love it, and probably thunder it too. What a classic Thor adventure!
Full reviewLove and Thunder... is arguably the closest (Waititi's) ever come to autopilot – and yet it’s still such a delight, motor-powered by goofy self-awareness and childlike imagination.
Full reviewWhen the words “THOR WILL RETURN” flash across the scene at the end of this installment, it feels like an ancient curse.
Full reviewThor: Love and Thunder feels like the product of a Thor: Ragnarok focus group... what once seemed bracing and revelatory now feels familiar, safe, even rote on occasion.
Full reviewIt's hard to create tension when the stakes are so low. But the film's breezy tone and ultimately strong emotional depths make up for that flaw.
Full reviewA movie that's muscular and handsome but at its best sporadically likeable, and even harder to love.
Full reviewThe movie suffers from none of the self-seriousness or draggy exposition of other Marvel outings, even when its patchwork plot feels stuck together with rainbows and chewing gum.
Full reviewIf Marvel has been coasting on a comfortably unexceptional level of quality for much of Phase 4, the joyous Love and Thunder is a return to the glory days of the Infinity Saga.
Full reviewThe best thing that can be said about Thor: Love and Thunder is that as rough as the experience is, it's nowhere near as bad as Thor: The Dark World.
Full reviewIs it a “bad” movie? No. It has many elements that dazzle, it just doesn’t dazzle as a whole.
Full reviewLove and Thunder truly sparks when Waititi’s fingerprints are visibly smeared on the film...
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“Almost feels desperate in its attempts to entertain – fights, special effects, and jokes, jokes, jokes.”
All about the most muscly Thor yet, Natalie Portman’s turn with Mjolnir, and space sharks and goats.
Taika Waititi reunites with star Chris Hemsworth to continue the Asgardian’s humble journey.
Chris Hemsworth’s got a smile that it seems to me, reminds me of good MCU memories…
Thor: Love and Thunder is now playing in 244 cinemas in Australia.
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