It's clearly an infomercial for Stan Lee and Marvel, but he's such an engaging and charming raconteur that you don't mind.

| Jun 28, 2023

I appreciated that the filmmakers allowed [unflattering] information in the film... But this is a film made by people who love Stan Lee.

| Jun 28, 2023

For anyone who only knows Stan Lee from his Marvel Cinematic Universe cameos and his general pop-culture presence, this movie offers a solid introduction to the origins of a whole generation of superheroes.

| Jun 21, 2023

It's far from a complete biography, but it makes at least some effort to engage with the messier aspects of Lee's life. Ultimately, however, this is a celebration of Lee and the cheerleading he did for comics, and that is surprisingly moving.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 20, 2023

With great Disney+ power does not, apparently, come with great biographical responsibility. Lee was a complicated man as much as a creator of canon-worthy superheroes and a Comic-Con deity. He deserves a 360-degree warts-and-all doc... So do we.

| Jun 16, 2023

By allowing Lee to tell the story largely in his own words, it conveys a genuine sense of what made him as big and colorful as any of the spandex-clad figures that he helped birth and spring off the page.

| Jun 16, 2023

Fans taking sides in the cultural cock fight between DC and Marvel will light up like the Human Torch at a clip of the former DC editor Julius Schwartz insisting his readers “don’t wanna be educated,” while Lee visibly snickers.

| Jun 16, 2023

Lee's irrepressible joi de vivre and his recollections of the wild days ... are as much fun as he would have hoped.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 16, 2023

Though the movie may satisfy some obsessive fans and armchair historians, it feels more like a well-put-together tribute to the mastermind behind The Walt Disney Company’s biggest IP.

| Jun 11, 2023

It does something that Lee himself would have appreciated: humanizes the creative superhero of comic books.

| Jun 11, 2023