'LOGAN' Reviews are out. What did CRITICS think?
- Feb 20, 2017
- 2 min read
The reviews for Logan are in, and the final chapter of Hugh Jackman's tenure as The Wolverine seems to have come to a befitting end according to some critics who were able to screen the movie in advance. Check out what critics from the holloywood circuits had to say on the film.
."Seamlessly melding Marvel mythology with Western mythology, James Mangold has crafted an affectingly stripped-down stand-alone feature, one that draws its strength from Hugh Jackman’s nuanced turn as a reluctant, all but dissipated hero...
...That he rises to the occasion when a child is placed in his care is the stuff of a well-worn narrative template, yet it finds a fair level of urgency in this telling...For those who can’t recite the plotlines of all nine of the preceding X-Men films, the new feature’s noirish, end-of-an-era vibe is an involving hook." - SHERI LINDEN, The Hollywood Reporter
"one of the best pieces of superhero storytelling to emerge since the dawn of the cinematic superhero boom two decades ago."- ANTHONY REISMAN, Vulture
"I would be willing to bet that the same film delivered sans known characters and specifically sans four-color source material would be accepted as a rock-solid genre piece as opposed to the pinnacle of its respective genre. Logan is good, it is occasionally great, but I would argue that it is about as good as we should expect these films to be as a matter of course."Some critics have noted the film contains themes (such as immigration and corporate exploitation) that ring particularly loudly in the age of President Donald Trump. - SCOTT MENDELSON, Forbes
"The colours are muted, all rust-red and glowering grey, and the themes are weighty: loss, ageing and deep, almost unbearable regret... We're never given a full picture of how the world got so messed up, just glimpses of institutional brutality and corporate power, of ordinary people ground under the heel of an increasingly uncaring system." -Time Out
"The X-Men films have often fudged time — seemingly ageless characters floating through the decades, timelines in the past that don’t really sync up with those in the present — so the acknowledgement that these people are subject to at least some laws of the physical world is grounding. It makes the fantastical stuff more credible, somehow."If this is indeed Jackman's last time wearing the claws (as he's repeatedly said it will be), it's worth revisiting the legacy he leaves behind. - RICHARD LAWSON, Vanity Fair
"Whereas most of the cinematic genre’s characters borrow from myth, Jackman’s Wolverine became human enough to forge his own. Whereas most of these characters are shaped by studio notes and watered down by fan service, Jackman’s snarling embodiment of the comic book cover star was built to survive Brett Ratner sequels, recover from Will.i.am cameos, and elevate solid action fare into the pop culture firmaments." - DAVID EHRLRICH, IndieWire
There you go, folks! It looks like Logan might just be the Wolverine movie everyone has been waiting for. Will you be seeing Logan in theaters on Opening Day? Let us know in the comments!
Logan opens March 3.
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