--- title: "Deadpool: the reviews" canonical: "https://film.one/film/deadpool/reviews" title_page: "https://film.one/film/deadpool" critics_score: 64 critics_reviews: 13 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Deadpool (2016): what the critics said Critics' score 64 from 13 reviews: 8 positive, 3 mixed, 2 negative. Most critics find Deadpool an entertaining, uneven change of pace for superhero films, with Ryan Reynolds the clearest point of agreement. His comic timing, charisma and ease with the character’s crude humour carry much of the praise. The fourth-wall breaks and pop-culture jokes give the more enthusiastic reviews plenty to enjoy, while several also welcome a non-linear structure that makes the familiar origin story less laborious. The disagreement is over how much freshness those jokes provide, and how long their appeal lasts. Even sympathetic reviews find the comedy patchy, the satire limited or the storytelling conventional beneath the profanity. The spread is wide: Total Film delights in the film’s outrageous humour, while Time Out finds its eagerness to shock smug and exhausting. Little White Lies is similarly dismissive, arguing that neither the origin story nor the direct addresses to camera adds anything fresh to the genre. ## Total Film — James Mottram Fi1m's normalised score 90/100 (inferred from the text). 7 February 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. [Read the review](https://www.gamesradar.com/deadpool-movie-review/) ## The Guardian — Peter Bradshaw Fi1m's normalised score 80/100 (inferred from the text). 7 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/07/deadpool-review-marvel-ryan-reynolds-film-superhero) ## Empire — Jonathan Pile Fi1m's normalised score 70/100 (inferred from the text). 7 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/deadpool-2-review/) ## Screen Daily Fi1m's normalised score 70/100 (inferred from the text). 7 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/deadpool-review/5099623.article) ## Radio Times — Stella Papamichael Rating ★★★. 9 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/deadpool-review-an-enjoyably-twisted-little-mutant-tale/) ## The Telegraph — Robbie Collin Rating 3/5. 11 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/04/14/deadpool-review-enjoyably-obnoxious/) ## Time Out — Tom Huddleston Fi1m's normalised score 30/100 (inferred from the text). 8 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.timeout.com/movies/deadpool) ## Little White Lies — Adam Woodward Rating 3/1/2. 9 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://lwlies.com/reviews/deadpool) ## Los Angeles Times — Kenneth Turan 11 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-mn-deadpool-review-20160212-column.html) ## The Hollywood Reporter — Todd McCarthy 6 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/deadpool-film-review-862293/) ## The New York Times — Manohla Dargis 11 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/movies/deadpool-movie-review-ryan-reynolds.html) ## Variety — Justin Chang 6 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/deadpool-review-ryan-reynolds-1201695367/) ## Vulture 11 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.vulture.com/2016/02/review-deadpool-inverts-the-superhero-formula.html) ## Collider — Matt Goldberg Rating B+. 7 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://collider.com/deadpool-review-ryan-reynolds/) ## Digital Spy — Hugh Armitage Fi1m's normalised score 80/100 (inferred from the text). 7 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a782020/deadpool-review-ryan-reynolds-delivers-with-stupidly-fun-superhero-antics/) ## NME — Nick Levine Fi1m's normalised score 75/100 (inferred from the text). 8 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-film-16391-307291) ## Polygon — Susana Polo Fi1m's normalised score 75/100 (inferred from the text). 6 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.polygon.com/2016/2/6/10924778/deadpool-movie-review/) ## The Playlist — Kevin Jagernauth Fi1m's normalised score 60/100 (inferred from the text). 6 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://theplaylist.net/review-deadpool-starring-ryan-reynolds-t-j-miller-morena-baccarin-ed-skrein-and-gina-carano-20160206/) ## Deadline — Pete Hammond 8 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://deadline.com/2016/02/deadpool-review-ryan-reynolds-marvel-fox-video-1201698234/) ## Den of Geek — Don Kaye Rating 3.5 out of 5. 11 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/deadpool-review/) ## The Wrap — Alonso Duralde 6 February 2016. 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. [Read the review](https://www.thewrap.com/deadpool-review-ryan-reynolds-morena-baccarin-gina-carano-x-men/) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/deadpool.md