It’s hard to really feel any strong emotions toward this film besides apathy, to be honest.

| Jul 22, 2024

It’s violent and cruel and shrouded in darkness, filled with the complicated backstories and the weirdly incestuous origin details from the comic books that [are] confusing and confounding and no substitute for a story.

| Apr 6, 2024

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 19, 2023

Even when the hand-to-hand combat looks impressive, the stunts get far-fetched, pushing the special effects to the limit.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 29, 2020

Emphatically overblown. Slightly underwhelming. Intermittently exciting. Consistently confusing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2020

The only truly solid performance comes from Liev Schreiber.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 27, 2020

Toothy, energetic and wild, X-Men Origins: Wolverine may not live up to high fan expectations, but it's entertaining enough to tempt new viewers to the franchise.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2019

There's plenty of brawn and brute force to go around of course, but it lacks the heart and soul that distinguished the franchise.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 6, 2019

Revenge soon grips Logan when his love is taken away, but Tsotsi director Gavin Hood seems bored by the sibling rivalry; even the Frankensteinian weaponizing of a human body feels rushed.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 6, 2018

Wolverine is as visually enticing as films get, but it still feels soulless. Just like in the funny books, pyrotechnics is no substitute for a well-told yarn.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 6, 2018

Wolverine starts with a roar before sliding into a chaotic, preachy mess.

| Nov 6, 2018

This one is dull, lifeless, and maddeningly transparent.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Nov 2, 2018

It's nearly joyless in its badness - unlike some Z-movies that revel in their badness, Wolverine thinks it's a great film.

| May 21, 2018

There's little here to get the pulse racing. For a summer blockbuster, that's disappointing. For a Wolverine film, that's pretty hard to forgive.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 8, 2017

No matter how well-staged, the action doesn't make much sense, and the story is a tedious muddle.

| Jun 14, 2016

So much for a clean slate.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 21, 2014

Straight off the bat: this movie features more shots of muscle-bound men looking up at the camera and yelling "RAAWWWRGH!" than any other I can remember. It's the shoutiest film of the year.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 29, 2012

| Original Score: B- | Feb 18, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

I haven't been this disappointed by a film since the new Indiana Jones.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Mar 1, 2011