Fresh
The most beautiful, strange, and exciting comic-book movie since the original Batman.
David Denby, New Yorker
X-Men
Trust a few. Fear the rest.
2000 · 1h 44m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Bryan Singer
Overview
Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Director and cast
- Bryan Singer Director
- Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine
- Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier
- Ian McKellen as Eric Lensherr / Magneto
- Famke Janssen as Jean Grey
- James Marsden as Scott Summers / Cyclops
- Halle Berry as Ororo Munroe / Storm
- Anna Paquin as Rogue / Marie D'Ancanto
- Tyler Mane as Sabretooth
- Ray Park as Toad
- Rebecca Romijn as Mystique
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Rotten
X-Men plays like a so-so middle chapter of an epic series rather than a fitting kickoff.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
Rotten
Apart from the brushed metal production design and pin-sharp camerawork, this offers only moderate excitement.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Fresh
It's a rich, impressive comic-book fantasy.
David Edelstein, Slate
Rotten
All these characters with their odd powers are inherently absurd and they throw a barrel of wrenches into the machinery of a coherent narrative.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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