Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: reviews

What the critics say average 5.6 from 16

• 7.5 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper When it sings, 'Dawn of Justice' is a wonder. When it drags, it still looks good and offers hints of a better scene just around the corner. Read
• 7.5 USA TodayBrian Truitt 'BvS' will please those either waiting for the two main players to lock horns on a movie screen, or those who've just been pining for Wonder Woman forever. Read
• 7.5 Rolling StonePeter Travers Better than 'Man of Steel' but below the high bar set by (...) 'Dark Knight', 'BvS' is still a colossus, the stuff that DC Comics dreams are made of for that kid in all of us. Read
• 7.0 VarietyAndrew Barker This very long, very brooding, often exhilarating and sometimes scattered epic succeeds as often it does therefore has to be seen as an achievement. Read
• 6.0 The GuardianAndrew Pulver For a film so concerned with its characters' inner lives, there's a fundamental disconnect going on here , enough to make you yearn for the lighter touch of the Marvel films. Read
• 6.0 EmpireNick De Semlyen There are moments that make the whole enterprise worthwhile, and introduces an intriguing new Batman. But it's also cluttered and narratively wonky. Read
• 6.0 The Washington PostJake Coyle As heavy and humorless as a Supreme Court decision (...) it's the genuine rigor of Snyder's engagement with the psychology of Superman and Batman that keeps the film grounded and the rivalry plausible. Read
• 5.8 Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty 'Dawn of Justice' starts off as an intriguing meditation about two superheroes turning to an all-too-human emotion (...) Two and a half hours later it winds up (...) (being) another numbing smash-and-bash orgy of CGI mayhem. Read
• 5.5 The WrapAlonso Duralde The trio (Snyder and writers) do manage to cough up an acceptable number of ooh-that?s-cool moments (...) but any other ideas and characters the movie might offer get lost in the rubble. Read
• 5.0 New York PostLou Lumenick Snyder puts together some very striking scenes (...) A film that frantically introduces characters and concepts while never clearly establishing the rules of the DC Comics universe. Read
• 5.0 CinemaníaDaniel De Partearroyo 'BvS' works thanks to Ben Affleck, who plays a grumpy, reckless and fascist Dark Knight in a Batman adventure: the development of Superman is null. Read
• 4.2 IndiewireEric Kohn Zack Snyder's flashy, cacophonous follow-up to 2013's 'Man of Steel' is basically one long teaser for the next installment (...) As its title implies, 'Batman v Superman' plays like a mashup of things we've seen before. Read
• 4.0 The TelegraphRobbie Collin The most incoherent blockbuster in years (...) Marvel can rest easy. Zack Snyder's superhero spectacle is a meatheaded, humourless mess that squanders its cast and makes little sense. Read
• 4.0 Time OutJoshua Rothkopf A $250 million tombstone for a genre in dire need of a break (...) you'll wish this strenuously empty movie had boned up on a few lessons beforehand (...) Read
• 4.0 El PaísCarlos Boyero It happens all the time without stopping but none of these events is able to prevent me from boredom. Read
• 4.0 El MundoFrancisco Marinero There is an overabundance of ecstasy and solemnity. Read