What critics are saying about 'Deadpool and Wolverine'

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ has sparked mixed reviews, scoring a 54 out of 100 on Metacritic. While it's a total a box office hit, critics are divided on its merits.

One point of consensus is that this third installment is the most satisfying, wild, and fun entry in the series and one of the best Marvel has produced since 'Endgame.'

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"'Deadpool & Wolverine' is a giant, promising step forward for the franchise. Director Shawn Levy’s laugh-a-second movie is easily the best Marvel has delivered since 2021’s 'Spider-Man: No Way Home.'"

Johnny Oleksinski - New York Post

"Deadpool and Wolverine assemble. The result is hilarious. A tag team of sarcasm and star power make “Deadpool & Wolverine” the most enjoyable Marvel superhero movie in years."

Amy Nicholson - The Washington Post

"'Deadpool & Wolverine' rescues something kind of beautiful from the ugliness that superhero movies have perpetuated for so long.. [it] might be plotted with all the care and precision of a dream someone had at Comic-Con while they were sleeping outside in the line for Hall H, but Reynolds and co. find enough connective tissue between the constant e j a c u l a t i o n s of fan service to keep things wadded together." C+.

David Ehrlich - IndieWire

"'Deadpool & Wolverine' comes in as the most anticipated movie of the summer, fires on all cylinders and certainly portends a brand-new future for both in the reinvigorated MCU — which, as Deadpool himself says, has hit a rough patch lately."

Pete Hammond - Deadline

"Narratively, it's a bumpy start, but once Reynolds and Jackman are united the plot smooths out, becoming a quest to get home, and lets their bickering chemistry take centre stage. They are a dream together, both immensely comfortable in their respective characters and apparently willing to do just about anything to give the audience a laugh."

Olly Richards - Empire

"While it may be a bit much to call Deadpool “Marvel Jesus,” as he proclaims himself, Deadpool & Wolverine does an excellent job of letting Deadpool show his potential in a larger sandbox, while also leading one of the most exciting, delightful, surprising, and weird MCU films in years."

Ross Bonaime - Collider

"As with its predecessors, those who can’t stand Deadpool or aren’t educated in Marvel movie lore won’t tolerate a second of it. The rest will be in bleeping heaven."

Nick Schager - The Daily Beast

"The wild rebirth of Marvel and the best superhero movie since 'Avengers: Endgame.' Foul-mouthed, sassy, dazzlingly conspiratorial and bad a $ $."

Fausto Fernández - Fotogramas

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"I’ll be honest, I found this movie messy and overstuffed, but I laughed almost as often as I cringed from its obnoxiousness and can’t dispute that a vast audience will delight in every moment."

David Rooney - The Hollywood Reporter

"It’s a poignant summation of the Fox chapter of the Marvel saga... though this singular mutant satire works best as an irreverent homage to what’s come before, as opposed to the prototype for future superhero movies."

Peter Debruge - Variety

"It’s amusing and exhausting."

Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian

"The zingers are as ubiquitous as the bloodshed, but neither the quips nor the knowingly over-the-top fight scenes are as lethal as in the earlier pictures, and the film’s wisecracking tone is undercut by the baggage of having to adhere to the MCU’s ungainly overarching narrative."

Tim Grierson - Screendaily

"For fans only... [with a] unique script, composed almost exclusively of quips, references, fourth-wall breaking, celebrity gossip, Hollywood inside baseball, jabs at other film studios, ironically retro needle drops and detritus scraped from mid-aughts movie message boards... a whole lot of hot air and not much else.”

Katie Walsh - Los Angeles Times

"A tedious and annoying corporate merger of a film."

Clarisse Loughrey - The Independent

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