Marvel has done many a crossover episode (all the Avengers movies, that one civil war between two supes, random cameos from the Marvel Cinematic Universe Multiverse ). But a crossover episode joking about butt stuff and blow with two of its most beloved characters? Marvel hasn’t done that until now. Deadpool & Wolverine arrived for critics’ viewing pleasure just ahead of its July 26 release , giving us the opportunity to dive into reviews about the Ryan Reynolds– and Hugh Jackman –led superhero comedy.
Critics say the new popcorn movie knows just how to twiddle diehards, what with its fourth-wall-breaking, referential humor that winkingly skewers the MCU, the actors themselves, and, most crucially, the corporate merger between Disney’s Marvel and 20th Century Fox, which brought Wolverine into the House of Mouse. Despite its confusing multiverse plotlines and self-aware “I’m here to make money” identity, critics can (mostly) agree on one thing: It’s funny. More reactions, below.
“ Deadpool & Wolverine isn’t a particularly good movie — I’m not even sure it is a movie — but it’s so determined to beat you down with its incessant irreverence that you might find yourself submitting to it. The picture arrives, of course, at a fallow time for Marvel after a string of duds and an abortive attempt to introduce a new superhero phase following the climactic, stage-clearing (and absurdly lucrative) battles of Avengers: Endgame . It’s something of a relief t.