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Green Lantern

Play trailer 2:24 Poster for Green Lantern PG-13 Released Jun 17, 2011 1h 54m Action Adventure Sci-Fi Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Sworn to preserve intergalactic order, the Green Lantern Corps has existed for centuries. Its newest recruit, Hal Jordan, is the first human to join the ranks. The Green Lanterns have little regard for humans, who have thus far been unable to harness the powers of the ring each member wears. But Jordan, a gifted and cocky test pilot, may be the corps' only hope when a new enemy called Parallax threatens the universal balance of power.
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Noisy, overproduced, and thinly written, Green Lantern squanders an impressive budget and decades of comics mythology.

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Keith Uhlich Time Out Whenever this Lantern returns to terra firma (too often), its imaginative flights are ground down under the Warner overlords’ demographic-pandering heels. Rated: 2/5 Jan 22, 2024 Full Review Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express All the prancing about on a galaxy far far away where Hal [Ryan Reynolds] meets the other Green Lanterns, and the wise ancients, and a gigantic gruff sergeant-type who learns him his ropes is all a bit of a bore. Rated: 2.5/5 Apr 2, 2019 Full Review Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Green Lantern is not a perfect movie, but it's fun to watch. Rated: B- Sep 8, 2017 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson It is definitely going to need a strong detergent to get out the green grass stains from this drag of a start. Rated: 2/5 Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Noah Berlatsky Splice Today The moments of adequacy point to a better super-Reynolds future. Aug 22, 2024 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Overcoming a personal tragedy, defeating various villains, and discovering his powers with a trendy soundtrack to guide his way, Reynolds’ Hal Jordan is plain as can be, even offensive in an age where this genre has elevated itself with dynamic films... Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 29, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tony I love the GL, this was an ok film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/15/22 Full Review Deadpool W I know that green lantern suit is CGI Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/25/25 Full Review Frans B I enjoyed it. Well directed by Campbell and well written. Stellar cast more than capable of convincing performances. Great cinematography and GCI, lots of action and enough twists to keep it interesting. This movie gets a lot of negative attention for trivial reasons, it's a MOVIE! Not the star in the DC universe, granted, but good enough Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/22/25 Full Review Miguel Andrés S It's ok, but not a good movie if you realize the valle of GL in comics. And if they wanted to start a cinematic universe was a bad choice. If we think in Marvel, if this movie was the 24th between 50, no one would cares at all (like Shang Chi o Eternals, movies that no one really cares but didn't harm Marvel at all) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/21/25 Full Review Juan D GARBAGE, the WORST superhero movie I have ever seen, Ryan Reynolds tried to make this a ok movie with the script he has, but overall this movie is no more than a messy slop Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/20/25 Full Review Felix S. This is an OK movie. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/17/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Sworn to preserve intergalactic order, the Green Lantern Corps has existed for centuries. Its newest recruit, Hal Jordan, is the first human to join the ranks. The Green Lanterns have little regard for humans, who have thus far been unable to harness the powers of the ring each member wears. But Jordan, a gifted and cocky test pilot, may be the corps' only hope when a new enemy called Parallax threatens the universal balance of power.
Director
Martin Campbell
Producer
Donald De Line, Greg Berlanti
Screenwriter
Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim, Michael Goldenberg
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Bros., DC Entertainment, De Line Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Seq. of Sci-Fi Violenc|Intense Seq. of Sci-Fi Action)
Genre
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 17, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 17, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$116.6M
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
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