X-Men: First Class Review: ★ 4 Quality & ☺3½ Rewatchability (1986 Ratings)

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X-Men: First Class 2011

Matthew Vaughn

James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Jennifer Lawrence

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Eric Brainard 1 month ago

Really is as good as the X-Men 2000 film.

Brandy E 12 months ago

Mildly interesting, hopefully a good setup for the rest.

jojodoug almost 2 years ago

Very interesting. Definitely the "lightest" of the X-Men movies.

Amanda Mathews 2 years ago

Unique from the others in the series but nothing really stood out.

Freddie Kay 3 years ago

" It had heart"

Rachel Finston over 3 years ago

Non-ideal, but does its job. Good, if clunky, character development.

Leif Jacobson 4 years ago

A return to form for the franchise and a rollicking good time.

Lindy Oates over 4 years ago

Fassbender and McAvoy are great together. Great cast, decent story.

Nadja Bester almost 5 years ago

Great background movie...awesome to be able to trace back later development to this.

Danial Pearce 5 years ago

Enjoyed it

Nara Bruck 5 years ago

There are a few movies of that kind, that truly impressed me, this is one them!!

Johnny Nys over 5 years ago

So that's how it started. I'm starting to like these movies more and more.

Thomas Jennings over 5 years ago

A surprisingly brave effort, but the historical stuff is more interesting than the X-Men.

Fae over 5 years ago

Stole my heart! Loved the X-Men trilogy; this one didn't disappoint.

Adam Connell over 5 years ago

Easily the best X-Men to date, with a focus on plot as opposed to action.

Robert Postill over 5 years ago

Better than the last couple of efforts for this franchise.

Griffin Maurer over 5 years ago

A more realistic approach to the series, First Class boasts impressive acting and action.

Charlie Alcock over 5 years ago

Only X-Men film to date that I've really, genuinely, properly enjoyed.

Ken Miguel-Cipriano over 5 years ago

exciting watch!

Michael Cole almost 6 years ago

Excellent movie until the last 1/2 hour when they tried to make it fit in with the series

X-Men: First Class is a 2011 American superhero film by Matthew Vaughn and produced by Bryan Singer, based on the characters appearing in Marvel Comics. The fifth installment in the X-Men series was released on June 1, 2011, in the UK and on June 3 in the U.S., achieving positive reviews and box-office success. The film acts as a prequel for the X-Men trilogy, set primarily in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It focuses on the relationship between Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr and the origin of their groups, the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants. The film stars James McAvoy as Xavier and Michael Fassbender as Magneto. Other cast members include Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Zoë Kravitz, Nicholas Hoult and Lucas Till. At a German concentration camp in occupied Poland in 1944, scientist Dr. Klaus Schmidt observes young Erik Lensherr bend a metal gate with his mind when the child is separated from his mother. In his office, Schmidt orders Lensherr...