Deadpool (2016)

The critic calls Deadpool loud, lewd, inventive and outrageous, a delight that pricks the super-egos of Hollywood comic-book blockbusters with its filthy humour and fourth-wall breaks. Reynolds is singled out for praise as terrific in the role, while Colossus's CGI is noted as a minor disappointment.

The critic finds Deadpool an entertaining, self-aware antihero film buoyed by Ryan Reynolds' likable, neurotic performance and sharp pop-culture gags. It is praised as an innocent pleasure despite its violence and formulaic elements.

The film is described as a fun if patchy alternative to typical comic-book blockbusters, with an anarchic spirit and smart non-linear structure that sidesteps origin-story pitfalls. The relentless stream of smutty jokes is noted as potentially numbing but effective in its meta-humour moments.

The critic sees it as a smartass but uneven palate cleanser that proves nasty fun despite a hit-and-miss comedic success rate. Reynolds holds it together with charisma, making for a liberating if sometimes smug R-rated alternative to standard superhero fare.

The critic finds it an enjoyably twisted if uneven mutant tale, with Ryan Reynolds perfectly in his element as the wisecracking anti-hero. The mix of crude comedy, violence and romance is sometimes uncomfortable but benefits from rough edges.

The film is seen as an enjoyably obnoxious detour in the superhero genre, with strong performances from Ryan Reynolds but dated satire and pandering elements in its storytelling.

The critic calls the film smug, shallow and wilfully offensive, relentlessly annoying in its eagerness to shock. It sacrifices tension and substance for hyperactive editing and gore, though it may appeal to teenage boys.

The critic finds the film unfunny and uninteresting, a crude and obnoxious mess that fails to deliver on its subversive promises. The origin story and fourth-wall breaking add nothing fresh or engaging to the superhero genre.

The critic finds the film starts promisingly with profane comic energy and fourth-wall breaking but eventually wears out its welcome with a relentlessly glib attitude. It singles out Ryan Reynolds' energetic performance as the antihero who cracks wise to the audience.

The critic finds it a raunchy, dirty, and pretty funny goof on the superhero genre that irreverently trashes the brand. Reynolds delivers a manic, self-conscious performance full of lewd jokes and fourth-wall breaks, with the machine-gun approach to humor yielding a high number of laughs despite some misses.

The critic finds the film a feverishly eager-to-please comic-book movie about a psychotic antihero who suits up like a superhero. It singles out Ryan Reynolds' performance as career rehab for a breezily amoral hired gun who turns into Deadpool and addresses the camera between kills.

The critic finds the film a scabrously funny big-screen showcase for the snarkiest of Marvel’s comic-book creations that gives Reynolds the full-throttle wisecracking showcase he deserves. It singles out the self-referential potty talk and Reynolds' sharp funnyman sensibilities that give the proceedings delirious comic momentum.

The critic sees it as an agreeable, self-aware send-up that elasticizes the superhero genre without taking it down, flattering viewers with in-jokes and dirty humor. About half the jokes land effectively, Reynolds handles the quippy antihero role well, and the film has a gratifyingly twisty structure with gratuitous gore played for laughs.

The critic finds the film a mostly successful adaptation that delivers on the character's crude humor and R-rated action, though the origin story and love interest feel thin and rote.

Reynolds delivers with stupidly fun superhero antics and a surprising heart beneath the crude jokes and violence; the film brings the anti-hero to life with energy and detail that marks it apart, though not for everyone.

It is not quite the superhero film revolution promised but is risqué and brazen enough to give the genre a shot in the arm; the infectious sense of fun and Reynolds' wise-cracking charisma make it a stylishly salty antidote to bloated recent superhero movies.

The critic is happily surprised by the film's clear and rhythmic action sequences, lovable characters, and mostly on-point comedy, while wishing it had pushed its satirical ideas further beyond a standard origin story.

The film offers a self-aware send-up of superhero clichés but ultimately embraces many of them anyway, resulting in something entertaining in fits and starts after a rocky opening. Reynolds' charm and the irreverent tone help in places, but the conventional framework holds it back from fully succeeding as an off-brand take.

The critic is surprised and entertained by this raunchy, fourth-wall-breaking superhero film. He singles out Ryan Reynolds' witty, over-delivering lead performance and the clever script for particular praise.

The critic finds it fun and highly entertaining for fans, doing exactly what it promised as a one-man show powered by Reynolds, but notes it is ultimately a one-trick pony and too small a movie to be a game-changer.

The critic calls the film a delightful surprise that succeeds through its self-aware wit and R-rated violence. He singles out the chemistry between Reynolds and Morena Baccarin for giving the story necessary grounding.