Thor: Ragnarok: reviews

What the critics say average 7.0 from 7 outlets

• 8.0 The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden The relatively laidback angle on all the murderous spree-ing gives Chris Hemsworth a chance to find the comic groove beneath the title character's beefcake godliness. He does it expertly, and the self-mocking humor is all the more welcome given Thor's essential blandness. Read
• 8.0 EmpireJames Dyer For the first time in 17 (count them) movies, Marvel has delivered something that isn?t an action movie leavened with humour, but a full-bore comedy using blockbuster spectacle as a backdrop for gags. Read
• 7.8 The WrapAlonso Duralde Both the banter and the fighting, it should be noted, are excellent, so whether you go to superhero movies for the glossy escapism or the pulse-pounding action, you?ll get your large soda?s worth. Read
• 7.5 USA TodayBrian Truitt Even tonal issues can?t upend the magic this movie taps into putting Thor and Hulk together as new best buddies, whether they?re throwing down in an arena or having a bromantic heart-to-heart. Read
• 7.5 Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty Taika Waititi was mostly the right director for the job. Chris Hemsworth is hilarious. Tessa Thompson is going to be a star. And while Ragnarok?s story is an aimless mess, you won?t stop laughing. Read
• 6.0 The GuardianSteve Rose It basically throws up its hands at its own ridiculousness and plays it all for laughs ? and it gets them. The price of this irreverence is the possibility of taking anything that happens all that seriously. Read
• 4.0 VarietyPeter Debruge While it?s not saying much, ?Thor: Ragnarok? is easily the best of the three Thor movies - or maybe I just think so because its screenwriters and I finally seem to agree on one thing: The Thor movies are preposterous. Read