Bryan Singer and company proved the impossible to be possible.

| Jan 31, 2025

It’s a tantalizing sample and a very solid time capsule for where the genre was at the turn of the millennium.

| Jul 22, 2024

There are potent motives behind every character, and the actionized plot resembles a morality play more than typical good vs. evil superhero fluff.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 15, 2023

I don't care what you think, still my favorite superhero films...

| Jul 23, 2021

Though not always discussed in the annals of great comic-book cinema, or even considered the height of its own franchise, X-Men is a seminal moment in superhero cinema.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 14, 2021

Ultimately, the story serves as a parable for intolerance, xenophobia, and us-versus-them mentalities - themes that are perpetually relevant and potent.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 9, 2020

X-Men plays faithful to the comics while opening the doors to a larger universe to come.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 3, 2019

The film gains a lot from the grandiose theatrical casting of Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in the two main roles, but the rest of the film is far too patchy and hammy.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 2, 2018

Indeed, even Hugh Jackman was not cast in this role for his neon-lit global fame among the youth... although he earns a place in the starry firmament of cinema with this well judged performance.

| Oct 30, 2018

What makes X-men an enjoyable film is the really fine work from many of the actors.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 30, 2018

It's good, damn good.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 30, 2018

What is most surprising and wonderful about director Bryan Singer's X-Men is how skillfully it avoids all of the myriad potholes placed in its path.

| Oct 11, 2018

Joss Whedon wrote two lines of dialogue, and one of them is very good!

| Aug 29, 2018

The X-Men comic books have spawned a cottage industry of mutant characters, and the movie helps make sense of these legions while offering the established fan base something new to cheer.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 15, 2015

Exciting mainly because anything can happen and does, the movie drags a bit as it approaches a climax set on top of the Statue of Liberty. But once there it revives.

| Jul 15, 2015

The best news is that you don't even have to know what a Marvel Comic is to enjoy X-Men.

| Jul 15, 2015

This is a film that should satisfy fans of the hugely popular comic book and audiences who can't tell one uncanny X-Man from another. Mutants rule.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 15, 2015

When the big battle between Magneto and Xavier's forces gets going, you have lightning bolts, steel claws, magnetic fields, explosive red rays and flyaway tongues. It's a variety show, and all the acts have rushed onstage at once.

| Jul 15, 2015

The Marvel Comics characters are well realised, and Singer mixes the classic values of good storytelling with liberal amounts of digital magic. On the down side, this plays a little too much like the beginning of a franchise.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 15, 2015

In Singer's dark vision, action and special effects take a back seat to message. He uses X-Men to preach a sermon of tolerance; like most sermons, it isn't much fun to sit through. X misses the spot.

| Jul 15, 2015