Village Voice
It ain't saying much but, when it comes to stoopid fun, X-Men could be the summer movie to beat.
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X-Men (2000)
Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen star in the first installment of the X-Men film series, directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects).
Two mutants, Rogue (Paquin) and Wolverine (Jackman), come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organisation with similar powers.
2000Rating: M, Violence, supernatural themes, infrequent coarse language104 minsUSAMarvel Entertainment
ActionAdventureScience FictionBlockbuster
- Director:
- Bryan Singer ('The Usual Suspects', 'X-Men 2', 'X-Men: Days of Future Past')
- Writer:
- David Hayter
- Cast:
- Patrick StewartHugh JackmanIan McKellenHalle BerryFamke JanssenJames MarsdenAnna PaquinRebecca Romijn
X-Men (2000) / Reviews
Variety
X-Men plays like a so-so middle chapter of an epic series rather than a fitting kickoff.
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Apart from the brushed metal production design and pin-sharp camerawork, this offers only moderate excitement.
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The New York Times
Clumsy when it should be light on its feet, the movie takes itself even more seriously than the comic book and its fans do, which is a superheroic achievement.
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Rolling Stone
It sucks that this choppily edited film appears rushed and incoherent in ways that cheat the story of its human resonance and the stunts of their anticipated pow.
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Roger Ebert
The events that end the movie are sort of anticlimactic, and the special effects, while energetic, are not as persuasive as they might be.
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Los Angeles Times
An accomplished piece of work with considerable pulp watchability to it.
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