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Richard Corliss, Time: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...big, blond-bland, handsomely put together and a little musclebound.... After a rough start, and when it comes down to Earth, 'Thor' works pretty well." (Read the full review...) 1,112 words, 05/04/11 David Germain, Associated Press: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "The story flits fickly back and forth, but Hemsworth has true star power, a regal presence that helps keep the disparate elements stitched together." (Read the full review...) 786 words, 05/04/11 Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...pulls off something I wouldn't have thought possible: It restores the innocence to big-budget superhero mythmaking.... It's not art, but it's mighty fun." (Read the full review...) 299 words, 05/06/11 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: VERY GOOD (cg) "...comes on like thunder, delivering epic fireworks that don't neglect the dramatic sparks ignited between father and son, brother and brother, and lovers from two different worlds..." (Read the full review...) 343 words, 05/13/11 Claudia Puig, USA Today: VERY GOOD (cg) "Though the plot has some holes, the dazzling look of the movie and the earth-rattling action sequences fill in those gaps." (Read the full review...) 491 words, 05/05/11 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: WEAK (cg) "Nothing exciting happens, nothing of interest is said, and the special effects evoke not a place or a time but simply special effects." (Read the full review...) 1,251 words, 05/13/11 Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: POOR (cg) "...a confusing motion picture.... confusing because it's been getting reasonably favorable word of mouth despite the fact that it's a lot of crap." (Read the full review...) 761 words, 05/05/11 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: VERY GOOD (cg) "...big enough and bold enough to fit under the Marvel umbrella but infused with sufficient uniqueness to make it work for those weary of generic superhero stories." (Read the full review...) 1,268 words, 05/06/11
A.O. Scott, New York Times: POOR "...depressing.... an example of the programmed triumph of commercial calculation over imagination." (Read the full review...) 1,023 words, 05/06/11 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK (cg) "...there's a snag: No matter how the filmmakers move Heaven and Earth, this comic-book adaptation looks cool but contains very little thunder." (Read the full review...) 448 words, 05/06/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "...what we have here is an aesthetic standoff between predictable elements and unexpected ones. 'Thor' has its strengths, but it is finally something of a mishmash..." (Read the full review...) 788 words, 05/06/11 Kyle Smith, New York Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...as serviceable as a hammer, and about as subtle.... There's plenty of smash, thunder and brawl for the kids." (Read the full review...) 722 words, 05/06/11 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "...acquires a sense of humor and becomes that thing that all creatures from all realms crave: a good time.... It helps having strong actors fully invested in their expositional blather." (Read the full review...) 527 words, 05/06/11 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: MODERATE (cg) "Hemsworth has charisma along with those abs, but the film is a loud, confusing mess." (Read the full review...) 519 words, 05/06/11 David Edelstein, New York Magazine: GOOD "...equal parts trippy, tacky, and monumental, the blend surprisingly agreeable, a happy change from all those aggressively down-to-earth superhero flicks like 'Iron Man.' " (Read the full review...) 441 words, 05/09/11 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: WEAK (cg) "Nothing exciting happens, nothing of interest is said, and the special effects evoke not a place or a time but simply special effects." (Read the full review...) 1,251 words, 05/13/11 Eric Hynes, Village Voice/LA Weekly: POOR "...another B-movie bomb helmed by a seriously slumming Brit.... there's scant evidence that a classically trained dramatist had anything to do with what's on screen." (Read the full review...) 616 words, 05/04/11 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: VERY GOOD (cg) "...for a popcorn flick, it's got plenty of butter." (Read the full review...) 622 words, 05/06/11 Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE (cg) "Thunderation, these are some mediocre gods.... 'Thor' ain't much of a movie..." (Read the full review...) 683 words, 05/06/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Flashy digital acrobatics do kinda take over in the last reel, but that's a standard complaint about superhero movies these days.... See it flat if you can." (Read the full review...) 224 words, 05/05/11
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: MODERATE (cg) "...isn't for everyone. But its silly summer sensibility might just convert one or two more open-minded members of the myeh-nyeh crowd." (Read the full review...) 619 words, 05/06/11 David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer: MODERATE (cg) "Maybe IMAX will lend 'Thor' the grandeur it thorly lacks. Because as fanciful as the source materials are, as rich the mythology, this is a thudding failure of imagination." (Read the full review...) 373 words, 05/06/11 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: VERY GOOD (cg) "...has a hunky, self-mocking young star, solid support from a couple of Oscar winners and the slick sheen that state-of-the-art effects can give you." (Read the full review...) 691 words, 05/06/11 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...crammed to the gills with excitement and action... less an obligatory link in a continuing tale than a handsomely engineered, hugely enjoyable standalone." (Read the full review...) 556 words, 05/06/11 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: EXCELLENT (cg) "Fans of the comic may notice some deviation from the origin story, but if that's going to prevent you from enjoying this, you might be taking things a little too seriously." (Read the full review...) 701 words, 05/06/11 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...a mere pit stop on the road to the 'Avengers'... diverting enough -- not close to a sharp-edged romp like 'Iron Man' but not the B-movie roadshow some of us were expecting." (Read the full review...) 768 words, 05/06/11 Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a pleasant change. The superheroes we've been getting lately are all either mutants (Spidey, the Hulk and all those X-people) or guys with really great workshops (Batman, Iron Man)." (Read the full review...) 511 words, 05/06/11 Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE (cg) "...a competent, energetic and cheerfully hambone popcorn flick - except that everything seems as papery and flat as a hand of poker." (Read the full review...) 322 words, 05/06/11 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "Not quite good enough to be thrilling, but never bad enough to be silly..." (Read the full review...) 505 words, 05/06/11 Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian: EXCELLENT (cg) "...smart, self-aware entertainment that avoids both excessive camp and deadly earnestness.... the action scenes are generally thrilling, well-edited bits of mayhem." (Read the full review...) 886 words, 05/06/11 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "The ultimate product placement is the inevitable end-credit tease for 'The Avengers,' the upcoming movie in which Thor will join Iron Man and the Marvelettes..." (Read the full review...) 343 words, 05/06/11 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: GOOD (cg) "All that director Kenneth Branagh must do with 'Thor' is not mess it up, and he succeeds." (Read the full review...) 537 words, 05/05/11 Tom Long, Detroit News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...pure geek fare. Which may thrill geeks but leave others yawning.... True believer comic freaks, of course, won't care. But for others, it may be too out of this world for its own good." (Read the full review...) 771 words, 05/06/11 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: VERY GOOD (cg) "...absorbing, invigorating entertainment... The summer movie season officially kicks off with a thunderstorm of the best kind." (Read the full review...) 646 words, 05/06/11
Eric Hynes, Village Voice/LA Weekly: POOR "...another B-movie bomb helmed by a seriously slumming Brit.... there's scant evidence that a classically trained dramatist had anything to do with what's on screen." (Read the full review...) 616 words, 05/04/11 Katey Rich, Cinema Blend: VERY GOOD (cg) "Branagh and the Marvel brain trust have kept the superhero genre on its feet for another round." (Read the full review...) 643 words, 04/29/11 Brett Michel, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD (cg) "Kenneth Branagh may be the real hero here, bringing more than a few Shakespearean flourishes to a mythos that's rife with them." (Read the full review...) 154 words, 05/05/11 Keith Phipps, AV Club: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a film with its own identity, the simple, thrilling story of a handsome god who falls to Earth and reminds everyone what heroes do." (Read the full review...) 398 words, 05/05/11 Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: OUTSTANDING (cg) "I never would have believed it, but Branagh gets the balance between pageantry and silliness just right." (Read the full review...) 1,029 words, 05/05/11 Simon Abrams, Slant: MODERATE (cg) "Branagh's film is reasonably well put-together, but unlike even his worst films, it has no internal life, instead feeling like an impersonal, assembly-line product." (Read the full review...) 522 words, 05/04/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Flashy digital acrobatics do kinda take over in the last reel, but that's a standard complaint about superhero movies these days.... See it flat if you can." (Read the full review...) 224 words, 05/05/11 Curt Holman, Atlanta Creative Loafing: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...the special effect of Asgard's Rainbow Bridge isn't nearly as impressive as the title role's character arc." (Read the full review...) 770 words, 05/05/11 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: VERY GOOD (cg) "Branagh creates a wonderfully transintellectual geekgasm of archetypal storytelling and highfalutin language... it's better than 'Clash of the Titans' by a whole bunch." (Read the full review...) 931 words, 04/26/11
Bob Mondello, NPR All Things Considered: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...give the producers credit for casting that slab of beefcake with the blazing smile. Hemsworth looks and acts like a comic-book superhero come to life..." (Listen to the full review...) 238 seconds, 05/06/11 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: POOR "Bodies hurtle, armor clanks, force fields spark, vortexes swirl, oceans roil, warriors freeze and defrost, and none of it conveys a scintilla of feeling." (Read the full review...) 556 words, 05/06/11 A.O. Scott, New York Times: POOR "...depressing.... an example of the programmed triumph of commercial calculation over imagination." (Read the full review...) 1,023 words, 05/06/11 Anthony Lane, New Yorker: MODERATE "...everything that happens in the higher realms, vaguely derived from Nordic legend, is posturing nonsense, whereas the scenes down here are managed, for the most part, with dexterity and wit." (Read the full review...) 511 words, 05/09/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "...what we have here is an aesthetic standoff between predictable elements and unexpected ones. 'Thor' has its strengths, but it is finally something of a mishmash..." (Read the full review...) 788 words, 05/06/11 Dana Stevens, Slate: WEAK "Its very competence is dispiriting -- it gets the job done, I guess, but what job? Even a light popcorn entertainment can have a voice and a point of view..." (Read the full review...) 707 words, 05/05/11 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Saying that it is half-assed would be too mean to everybody involved; it's three-quarter-assed. It'll be a big hit and it's slightly disappointing." (Read the full review...) 1,025 words, 05/04/11
Richard Kuipers, Daily Variety: GOOD "...delivers the goods so long as butt is being kicked and family conflict is playing out in celestial dimensions, but is less thrilling during the Norse warrior god's rather brief banishment on Earth." (Read the full review...) 1,049 words, 04/17/11 Megan Lehmann, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "...skitters just this side of kitsch... a noisy, universe-rattling spectacle full of sound and fury with a suitably epic design and solid digital effects..." (Read the full review...) 957 words, 04/17/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "...what we have here is an aesthetic standoff between predictable elements and unexpected ones. 'Thor' has its strengths, but it is finally something of a mishmash..." (Read the full review...) 788 words, 05/06/11 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...by turns corny and cool, old-fashioned and modern, cheesy and classy, Shakespearean and banal, mythic and realistic, straightforward and loopy, serious and risible." (Read the full review...) 750 words, 05/05/11 A.O. Scott, New York Times: POOR "...depressing.... an example of the programmed triumph of commercial calculation over imagination." (Read the full review...) 1,023 words, 05/06/11 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: POOR "Bodies hurtle, armor clanks, force fields spark, vortexes swirl, oceans roil, warriors freeze and defrost, and none of it conveys a scintilla of feeling." (Read the full review...) 556 words, 05/06/11
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