X-Men: First Class

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X-Men: First Class

PG-13

Released Jun 3, 2011

2h 6m

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In the early 1960s, during the height of the Cold War, a mutant named Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) meets a fellow mutant named Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender). Despite their vastly different backgrounds -- Charles grew up with a wealthy family, while Erik lost his parents at Auschwitz -- the two become close friends. As the world teeters on the brink of a nuclear war, Charles and Erik with other mutants join forces to save humanity. However, a situation soon tears the friends apart.

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With a strong script, stylish direction, and powerful performances from its well-rounded cast, X-Men: First Class is a welcome return to form for the franchise.

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Jarrah E Hodge

Bitch Media

The acting, special effects, and writing were excellent, except possibly the two times Xavier tries to hit on women in bars by saying they have "groovy mutation[s]".

Jan 7, 2021

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

First Class can safely be watched by first-timers, but old faithfuls of the franchise will get a little more, tracing the origins of their favourite characters.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 2, 2019

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

If you didn't see the previous movies, you may not be able to appreciate some of the subtle references, but that won't make you enjoy the movie any less. Check it out.

Rated: B

Sep 8, 2017

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

... Jennifer Lawrence is superb as the young blue-skinned shape-changer Mystique, trying to reconcile her identity crisis with Xavier’s sometimes oblivious idealism.

Sep 9, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A summer movie where audiences will leave talking about the performances and the ideas, not the mindless battles.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 7, 2023

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Cory Woodroof

Lumination Network

This is an immensely fun, engaging, stylish superhero film that I fully recommend for your viewing pleasure.

Feb 11, 2022

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Ryan H

After 2 straight subpar films, First Class gets the series back on track. It feature 2 standout performances from James McAvoy & Michael Fassbender as Prof. X & Magneto respectively. The rest of the cast give their best; they’re just nothing outstanding.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/15/24

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Wendel L

Direção: Bom Atuação: Ok Roteiro: Bom Caracterização: Ok Soundtrack: Ok

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/09/24

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Marlon W

This is exactly what I want to see in a movie based on comic book superheroes. Great acting, great relationships between characters, good special effects, flashy and vibrant uniforms, X-Man: Fist Class is an example of a superhero movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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John C

I'm not the biggest X-men fan. I never read the comics, so my knowledge of the story only comes from the films. If you look online you'll see plenty of fanboys crying because some of the dates in this prequel don't add up in the original trilogy. That's probably true, but I didn't notice. I thought, for a prequel - which, let's face it, is just an excuse to milk a few extra quid out of the franchise's audience - it was actually okay. It did a good job of showing us a backstory that we didn't know, i.e. how Professor X and Magneto went from friends to enemies (George Lucas could take note as to how to write prequels!). Everything seemed to fit together well and tie up all the loose ends. Plus there wasn't too much pointless action and the special effects seemed just right (although I just watched Transformers 3, so I'm all CGIed out right now!). It felt more like a spy film with super powers. All in all, good fun. And just be thankful they did cast Kevin Bacon as the villain as opposed to Colin Firth (seriously, he just would have killed the film).

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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Thomas K

Un grande viaggio verso la scoperta di come è nata questa discriminazione verso i mutanti. X-men: First Class introduce i suoi personaggi al meglio e sono caratterizzati bene e uno scontro alla anni 60, davvero incredibile, l’atmosfera attirante, il ritmo non male e il tono equilibrato che manda avanti la trama al meglio. 8/10

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/19/24

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Nick R

Great acting and fun moments make this a solid prequel movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/19/24

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Charles Xavier

Michael Fassbender

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Synopsis

In the early 1960s, during the height of the Cold War, a mutant named Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) meets a fellow mutant named Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender). Despite their vastly different backgrounds -- Charles grew up with a wealthy family, while Erik lost his parents at Auschwitz -- the two become close friends. As the world teeters on the brink of a nuclear war, Charles and Erik with other mutants join forces to save humanity. However, a situation soon tears the friends apart.

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Producer: Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, Gregory Goodman
Screenwriter: Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz, Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Bad Hat Harry, Donners' Company
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Action|Brief Partial Nudity|Intense Sequences of Violence|Language|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 3, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $146.4M
Runtime: 2h 6m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS

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