Rotten
Let's hope Branagh was well-compensated, at least. To quote his favorite author: No profit grows where is no pleasure taken.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Thor
Courage is immortal.
2011 · 1h 55m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Directed by
Kenneth Branagh
Overview
Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Thor is on much safer ground here on Earth. The tone is immediately different: more relaxed; comic, not cosmic.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
Fresh
There is pleasure to be plundered from some of the battle scenes, especially when Thor is confronting ice monsters with blood-red eyes, and from the culture clash that resounds when he descends to present-day Earth...
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Rotten
The story might perhaps be adequate for an animated film for children, with Thor, Odin and the others played by piglets. In the arena of movies about comic book superheroes, it is a desolate vastation.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
A giant notch up is Hiddleston, who'd make a good Edmund in King Lear: You register the chip on his shoulder rather than the villainy.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
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