pulling the feels…
pulling the feels…
FUN
60
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
42
how much it moved you
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Read from 53 comments (47 from Metacritic, 6 from TMDB reviews) — 9 of them described how it moves.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Warm most of the way through.
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“any doubts were quickly dispelled no later than the opening scene. First Class starts off very well”
DoryDarko · TMDB reviews ↗
“it starts stronger than it ends”
r96sk · TMDB reviews ↗
“It starts out strong”
9to5_critic · Metacritic ↗
“there are parts in the middle that do grind the story”
9to5_critic · Metacritic ↗
“a great ending”
9to5_critic · Metacritic ↗
“That ending was totally baddass for sure.”
CoreGamer1408 · Metacritic ↗
Read 24 Aug 2026 · confidence 75% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
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“After undergoing some unfortunate mutations in recent years, a beleaguered Marvel movie property gets the smart, stylish prequel it deserves in X-Men: First Class.”
Justin Chang, Variety · 90
“Most of the actors live their roles, and Fassbender (Rochester in the last "Jane Eyre") is superb as the wolflike, undisciplined assassin.”
Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer · 88
“In this cheerfully perverse origin tale of Magneto, Professor X and their mutant team, Vaughn delivers a fireworks display of action, smarts and fun, plus a touch of class from actors who can really act.”
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone · 88
“McAvoy and Fassbender are a casting triumph. These two have, yes, real star magnetism, both individually and together: They're both cool and intense, suave and unaffected, playful and dead serious about their grand comic-book work.”
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly · 83
“Audacious, confident and fueled by youthful energy.”
Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter · 80
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 24 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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“any doubts were quickly dispelled no later than the opening scene. First Class starts off very well”
DoryDarkoabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“it starts stronger than it ends”
r96skabout 0–33% inread it ↗
“A very good movie! I'm not a massive comic book reader/fan and when I watched the first couple of the X-men movies I always wondered how it all begin and this movie do it justice! The actors where great (there no Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellen), Kevin Bacon played the baddie very well and was well suited for it and it was graphically impressive. Loved to see the development of the characters over the duration of the film. In all, I think it was a excellent movie.”
GeekMasherread it ↗
“I didn't love this movie. There were aspects about it from the perspective of an origin story that were interesting but something about the pacing and acting just felt… off. I can't quite put my finger on it but the first word that comes to mind is "campy". Kind of like I was watching one of the last three Star Wars movies. The dialog and overall tone just weren't serious enough. The trailer for [X-Men: Days of Future Past](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/127585-x-men-days-of-future-past) lo”
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