Doctor Strange's reviews
Media reviews
The Wrap
"The action climaxes with a truly impressive finale, one that employs time going in multiple directions that?s like nothing I?ve ever seen in a movie before. The effects shots here aren?t just visually impressive; they actually let the narrative go to places it couldn?t without this level of, you?ll pardon the expression, wizardry".
Entertainment Weekly
"'Doctor Strange' is thrilling in the way a lot of other Marvel movies are. But what makes it unique is that it?s also heady in a way most Marvel movies don?t dare to be. It?s eye candy and brain candy".
Variety
"Yes, this new project shares the same look, feel, and fancy corporate sheen as the rest of Marvel?s rapidly expanding Avengers portfolio, but it also boasts an underlying originality and freshness missing from the increasingly cookie-cutter comic-book realm of late".
Empire
"A bizarre and beautiful detour on the Marvel journey, which culminates in a mind-bending, expectation-inverting final act".
The Telegraph
"Perhaps the strangest aspect of 'Doctor Strange', within the lockstep rubric of these things, is how non-Marvelly it manages to feel".
The Guardian
"It?s a tremendously engaging and likeable superhero ride, in which the classiest of casts show they know exactly where to take it seriously and where to inject the fun".
The Hollywood Reporter
"To his credit, director Scott Derrickson navigates through the different zones with a fair degree of actual coherence, and delivers the entire package with evident ease and some flair".
USA Today
"Derrickson ('Sinister') crafts a trippy phantasmagoria for Strange to fly screaming through as he begins his path to sorcerer supreme. The only thing missing is a Doors jam as the sequence unfolds a dizzying blend of psychedelia, geometric oddities and nightmarish dreamscapes".
Screen Daily
"Entertaining in its grand flourishes but spottier when it comes to character work and thematic coherence, the film boasts a slightly darker and more mystical air than its peers, accentuated by some of the most arresting set pieces in the MCU canon".
Screen Crush
"The bad news is the studio?s most innovative visuals are wedded to one of its most formulaic origin stories. In some scenes, 'Doctor Strange' is Marvel?s most exciting movie yet. In others, it might be its most boring movie since 'Iron Man 2'".