Movie · 2024 · Action, Comedy, Science Fiction · 2h 8m · R · English
Curator score: 3.8/10 (3.2M ratings)
Come together.
Overview
A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.
Ratings
Curator score: 3.8/10
IMDb: 7.5/10
Letterboxd: 3.44/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 78%
Metacritic: 56
TMDB: 7.6/10
Director
Shawn Levy
Production
Marvel Studios, Maximum Effort, 21 Laps Entertainment, 20th Century Studios, Kevin Feige Productions, TSG Entertainment
Cast
Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Matthew Macfadyen, Dafne Keen, Jon Favreau, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Jennifer Garner, Wesley Snipes, Channing Tatum, Chris Evans, Henry Cavill, Wunmi Mosaku, Aaron Stanford, Tyler Mane, Karan Soni, Brianna Hildebrand, Shioli Kutsuna
Where to watch
Disney Plus
Curator Review
Verdict
A loud, meta, fan-service-heavy buddy action comedy that works best when you enjoy the chemistry, the jokes, and the comic-book nostalgia more than the plot. It delivers enough spectacle and self-aware swagger to entertain, but the humor can feel repetitive and the corporate-reference barrage may wear thin.
Best for
Marvel fans who like self-aware crossover chaos
Viewers in the mood for raunchy action-comedy
Fans of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and character banter
Audiences who enjoy nostalgia, cameos, and multiverse gimmicks
Skip if
You want a tight, emotionally grounded superhero story
You dislike crude, fourth-wall-breaking comedy
You’re tired of franchise cameos and continuity jokes
You prefer action films with less irony and more sincerity
Overview
Deadpool & Wolverine is built like a victory lap: fast, noisy, shameless, and very aware of its own audience. The movie’s biggest asset is the pairing at its center, which turns a lot of the film’s weakest material into something watchable through sheer chemistry and timing. When it leans into buddy-movie friction, it’s genuinely fun; when it leans into reference stacking, it starts to feel like a machine designed to trigger recognition rather than emotion.
Worth noting
The action is energetic and the R-rated tone keeps things from feeling sanitized, but the film’s comic rhythm is uneven. Some gags land hard, some are stretched too far, and the story often pauses to make room for another wink at the crowd. That said, if you’re already on board with the franchise’s brand of self-parody, it’s easy to have a good time.
Bottom line
As a piece of mainstream blockbuster entertainment, it’s more successful as an event than as a movie with much depth. It’s best approached as a rowdy crossover hangout with a few real laughs, a few crowd-pleasing beats, and a lot of noise around the edges.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Ben (4★) · 34363 likes
only four stars because they didn’t have hot sweaty gay sex😪
timtamtitus (4.5★) · 24175 likes
this might be the greatest rom-com ever made
ConnorEatsPants (3★) · 22413 likes
guy sitting next to me in a deadpool graphic tee dropped his soda on the couple in front of us, apologized, left and never returned to the theater. Was arguably funnier than the movie.
comrade_yui (0.5★) · 16646 likes
god help us all.
these movies hope that if they crack enough semi-homophobic jokes at their own expense, if they give the manchildren enough corporate cameos, that somehow it wouldn't be exceedingly obvious that the only thing they are actually serious about is telling the lie that any of this stuff means something to begin with -- hey, look, it's the thing you remember, but not really, but sort of, but it's a reference, but it's a gag, but it's… more
zoë rose bryant (4.5★) · 11930 likes
my dad lit up like a christmas tree when he finally got to see a comics accurate wolverine in live action and i had the same reaction when hugh jackman finally took his shirt off