Synopsis
Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.
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Cast
- Jason MomoaArthur Curry / Aquaman
- Amber HeardMera
- Willem DafoeNuidis Vulko
- Patrick WilsonKing Orm Marius / Ocean Master
- Nicole KidmanAtlanna
- Dolph LundgrenKing Nereus
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen IIDavid Kane / Black Manta
- Temuera MorrisonThomas Curry
- Ludi LinCaptain Murk
- Michael BeachJesse Kane (Manta's Father)
Recommendations
- 85
TheWrap
It’s a weird and wonderful superhero adventure that strives — and almost succeeds — to be the most epic superhero movie ever made. - 75
IGN
The glee that director James Wan clearly has playing in the world of Aquaman is infectious. He’s made a movie for both types of 10-year-olds: literal kids and those who are 10 at heart. Aquaman is one hell of a popcorn movie. - 70
We Got This Covered
Aquaman is imaginatively ambitious superhero cinema with no rules, which is more positive than negative as Wan's vision is realized like an underwater laser light spectacle that the DCEU so desperately needs right now. - 60
Empire
This is an Aquaman film that needs lots more Aquaman and vastly less bombast. It’s visually wild and recklessly inventive, but the cast deserve better than to be cast adrift in a tempest of CGI. - 50
IndieWire
In a better world, Aquaman would excel at delivering an ecological message to the masses. But all the fish in the sea can’t salvage a movie that refuses to go more than surface deep. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
One is grateful to have Momoa for company. Unlike some strutters who can't hide how delighted they are to show off their trainer-honed bods, Momoa wears his superb physique casually and his take-it-or-leave-it, devil-may-care attitude makes the narrative's long haul much easier to bear than would otherwise have been the case. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Wan, a director who’s proven himself to be a can’t-miss ace regardless of genre (from the horror formulas of The Conjuring and Insidious to the big-budget tentpole mayhem of Furious 7) seems to finally be out of his depth. He’s conjured an intriguing world, but populated that world with dramatic cotton candy and silly characters, including a hero who’s unsure if he wants to make us laugh or feel — and winds up doing neither. Pass the Dramamine. - 40
The Guardian
Wilson is just, frankly, dull. He is not allowed to develop an interesting character and he suffers from the obvious comparison with Loki, Thor’s adopted brother played with relish by Tom Hiddleston as a velvety-voiced villain. But then Momoa’s good-ol’-boy characterisation of Aquaman itself only goes so far. This is a film that never quite comes up for air.
