X-Men: First Class

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X-Men: First Class

PG-13

2011

2h 6m

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Fantasy

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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

01/07/2021

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]".

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

04/02/2019

3/5

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.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

09/08/2017

B

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.

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Sean Axmaker

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09/09/2023

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

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

06/07/2023

3.5/4

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

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Cory Woodroof

Lumination Network

02/11/2022

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

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Mutalib A

@RT97954997 2d

This X-men is probably one of the best movies to watch. The scenes were great and it was one of a thriller. The characters also did quite well. One problem was the edits. It was not that great. The story was also a great one since it followed the comic x men series and I really loved Prof X and his crew.

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Gabriel K

@GabeKnowMovies Jul 30

It’s an amazing start to the X-men timeline! Telling the story of how the X-men first came to be and how Charles (Professor X) and Erik (Magneto) went from friends to enemies.

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Tobias F

@Saibot432 Jul 30

Una de las mejores peliculas de los X-Men. Entretenida de principio a fin. Diganle al director que Villa Gesell no se ve asi en Argentina jajajajaja!!. La relación y la diferencia de conceptos ideologicos entre los personajes es interesante. Magneto, me encantó. Charles fue bien construido y es una pelicula emocionante. Los villanos complican las cosas aunque Shaw fue un poco.. decepcionante en el final, fue derrotado muy fácilmente. El giro de Magneto sobre el final es genial!. Bestia fue un personaje que también me gustó de igual forma que Mystique. Para los que quieran ver a los X-Men por primera vez, vean está pelicula.

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Meng G

@RT62737158 Jul 27

It got some great moments and a cool retro style, but a clunky script and forgettable villains hold it back from being a top-tier X-Men flick.

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Angelo G

@AngeloMaguire Jul 22

Magneto is SO GOOD in this movie! Every scene with Magneto is amazing. Beast has a cool design and Sebastian Shaw is the perfect villain.

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Carter H

@quality_finds Jul 19

Fantastic writing, with a few cringey moments The movie was entertaining, action packed, and explained the story leading to the X-Men movies perfectly I was not expecting as good as a movie, definitely seemed to be high budget Not to mention how cool all the settings were Whoever green-lit this movie, props to you Many X-Men fans we’re disappointed in X-Men: The Last Stand, this movie avenges it Fantastic, fun, and very watchable 4.5 stars

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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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