X-Men: First Class

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    X-Men: First Class
    2011

    Synopsis

    Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.

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    Cast

    • James McAvoyCharles Xavier / Professor X
    • Michael FassbenderErik Lehnsherr / Magneto
    • Kevin BaconSebastian Shaw / Black King
    • Rose ByrneMoira MacTaggert
    • Jennifer LawrenceRaven Darkholme / Mystique
    • Nicholas HoultHank McCoy / Beast
    • Lucas TillAlex Summers / Havok
    • January JonesEmma Frost / White Queen
    • Jason FlemyngAzazel
    • Caleb Landry JonesSean Cassidy / Banshee

    Recommendations

    • 90

      Variety

      After undergoing some unfortunate mutations in recent years, a beleaguered Marvel movie property gets the smart, stylish prequel it deserves in X-Men: First Class.
    • 80

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Audacious, confident and fueled by youthful energy.
    • 75

      Orlando Sentinel

      X-Men: First Class still sings the praises of Marvel Studios' marvelous quality control of comic book movies. It's good, clean summer movie fun where the money they spend is up on the screen - with actors and effects - so that we won't mind spending our money on it.
    • 75

      Boston Globe

      Perfectly fine summer folderol, epic enough on its own terms if not quite big enough to expand beyond its genre and matter to people who find it difficult to care about characters who spit gobs of flaming phlegm. I realize there are fewer and fewer of us, but we're a hardy band and stubborn.
    • 75

      New York Post

      Director Matthew Vaughn, who did last year's delightful "Kick-Ass," doesn't do witty this time around, but he does keep up a spiffing pace while making the action blaze.
    • 70

      Boxoffice Magazine

      What the film does well, however, is grasp the tone and rhythm of the original comic books.
    • 70

      Arizona Republic

      X-Men: First Class isn't anywhere close to being a genre classic like "Spider-Man 2" or "The Dark Knight," but it is good enough to rejuvenate a franchise stuck on idle.
    • 60

      Empire

      All you'd expect from an X-Men film (or spin-off, or prequel), but not all you'd hope for. It smacks of rush and compromise, but there's thankfully enough to make you feel optimistic about the series' future once more.

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