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
Overview
A teenage boy explores his sexuality to the brink of exhaustion.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
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
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