It's basically a closing chapter to a feeble trilogy that started out pretty well and then ran out of gas, and now must serve as a prequel to shadowy X-related endeavors yet to come.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
29 May 2016
rotten:
Some of the franchise stalwarts, such as Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique, are given too little to do. Most are given too much.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
27 May 2016
rotten:
Without a compelling villain, it's hard to resist feeling like it's just more of the (mutated) same.
– Matthew Lickona,
San Diego Reader,
27 May 2016
rotten:
Comic fans will be mystified. Movie fans will be confused. Everyone will leave disappointed.
– Barry Hertz,
Globe and Mail,
27 May 2016
rotten:
There's no spark, and everyone lumbers through the motions. The apocalypse, it turns out, is deadly dull.