Metacritic Movie Ratings
X-Men: The Last Stand Reviews

3.0

out of 100

Metascore^®
Mixed or average reviews
Based on a weighted average of all critic review scores.

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

75

out of 100

Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I liked the action, I liked the absurdity, I liked the incongruous use and misuse of mutant powers, and I especially liked the way it introduces all of those political issues and lets them fight it out with the special effects.

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70

out of 100

VarietyJustin Chang
The result, though it delivers only in fits and starts, is still sharper and more inventive than most comicbook-adapted fare, and eventually gets the job done as far as action buffs are concerned.

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70

out of 100

Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
Ratner seems to have found a theme that he can relate to: A terrifying trio of angry, undomesticated women who all but run away with the movie.

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70

out of 100

The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Though the picture is not without its wow-inducing, SFX-driven moments, that potent X-factor is considerably diminished in Singer's absence.

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67

out of 100

Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
This is interesting stuff. So why does The Last Stand feel driven to dumb itself down, as if embarrassed by its own ideas?

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63

out of 100

USA TodayClaudia Puig
Has a couple of emotionally resonant scenes that build on the first two story lines. But it lacks the intriguing moody quality of the previous films. The mutants are more pumped up and angry this time, rather than misunderstood and conflicted.

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50

out of 100

The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Mostly, as so often with these types of empty entertainments, you are left to wonder why companies that hire so many fine actors to run around under latex and foam and have the best technological wizardry money can buy seem to spend so little attention to the screenplay.

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