Thunderbolts* Is One of the Top 10 Best Reviewed MCU Movies Ever Made on Rotten Tomatoes

The first wave of reviews for Thunderbolts* has come in, and critics are loving it.

Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* opens in United States theaters this coming weekend. Directed by Jake Schreier, the movie stars Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, Wyatt Russell as John Walker, Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster, Lewis Pullman as Sentry, Geraldine Viswanathan as Mel, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.

With the review embargo for Thunderbolts* now having lifted, the Marvel movie currently holds a 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. 

That means that Thunderbolts* is currently in a sixth-place tie with Spider-Man: Homecoming, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Guardians of the Galaxy for best-reviewed MCU movies on Rotten Tomatoes. First place goes to Black Panther with 96 percent, followed by Avengers: Endgame (94 percent), Iron Man (94 percent), Thor: Ragnarok (93 percent), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (93 percent).

What are critics saying about Thunderbolts*?

Nick Schager of The Daily Beast described Thunderbolts* as “a Suicide Squad done right.” Schager also said, “Despite a couple of familiar Marvel shortcomings, it’s a protean superhero saga that stands on its own—regardless of its title’s qualifying asterisk.”

Associated Press’ Jake Coyle, meanwhile, said the film is a “refreshingly earthbound iteration of the Marvel Cinematic Universe” and called it “the best Marvel movie in years.”

ComingSoon’s Jonathan Sim wrote, “The 36th installment in the MCU is more grounded, emotionally bruised, and thematically heavy than its recent predecessors, and all the better for it…What it lacks in cosmic spectacle, it makes up for with grounded character work, a surprisingly cohesive ensemble, and an emotional allegory for depression and mental health.

“Thunderbolts earns its place in the MCU as one of its more thoughtful, character-driven entries. Pugh and Pullman shine in a film that’s not afraid to look inward, to ask if broken people can still be heroes or if they even want to be. It’s not perfect, but it’s more emotionally mature and narratively grounded than we’ve seen from Marvel in a while.”

Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.

Source: Comingsoon.net