Fresh
Never underestimate the entertainment value of the Hulk Smash.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
The Avengers
Some assembly required.
2012 · 2h 23m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Joss Whedon
Overview
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!
Director and cast
- Joss Whedon Director
- Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America
- Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / The Hulk
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor
- Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
- Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye
- Tom Hiddleston as Loki
- Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson
- Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill
- Stellan Skarsgård Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
If you are a Marvel fan, then The Avengers will feel like Christmas. Thanks to the merry doings of the director, Joss Whedon, all your favorite characters are here, as shiny and as tempting as presents under the tree.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
Ultimately, it all comes back to Whedon: His clear vision for each character and how they might be profitably intermingled; his unexpected knack for action choreography; his funny, tender, immaculately constructed script.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Fresh
A spectacle in the grandest sense of the word ...
Laremy Legel, Film.com
Fresh
Whedon, a pop-genre magician best known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is a master of viewer manipulation - because he never gives up his own seat in the crowd.
Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle
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