Fresh
It doesn't try too hard for irony or style; the comic-book sensibility remains pure, square, and happily stupid.
David Denby, New Yorker
Captain America: The First Avenger
The one who never gives up awakens.
2011 · 2h 4m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Joe Johnston
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Captain America: The First Avenger
Overview
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.
Director and cast
- Joe Johnston Director
- Chris Evans as Captain America / Steve Rogers
- Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
- Sebastian Stan as James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes
- Tommy Lee Jones as Colonel Chester Phillips
- Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull
- Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark
- Richard Armitage as Heinz Kruger
- Stanley Tucci as Dr. Abraham Erskine
- Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
- Toby Jones as Dr. Arnim Zola
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Pacy and punchy, but not quite a knockout.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Fresh
Comic book fans are likely to appreciate Captain America, which does a good job of consolidating the disparate origin aspects of the character into something easily digestible.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
The movie looks wonderful.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Kudos, then, to the creators of Captain America's big-screen blockbuster for keeping the action rooted in the past; except for some brief present-day bookends.
David Fear, Time Out New York
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