Matt Oakes Silver Screen Riot Oct 14, 2026 B+

'Captain America: Civil War' is the Marveliest Marvel movie yet. And in this context, that's a good thing.

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Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Jul 17, 2025 3/5

This is a "war" where quips and quotes greatly outnumber casualties. The noticeable flaws are clear to see, but the thrills and simple satisfactions more than save the day.

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Justin Kim Loud and Clear Reviews Feb 6, 2025

The things it does well far outshine its downsides, and it is a showcase that comic book movies can not only be fun and entertaining, but also thought-provoking.

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Denise Pieniazek A Sala Llena (Argentina) Jan 14, 2024 4/10

The battles have few moments of lucidity compared to other Marvel films, since it seems that there lies the conflict of this new comics universe: achieving the balance between fights and words. Maybe they should take more time to develop the scripts...

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Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Aug 19, 2022 4.5/5

By the end things are much different. Characters have been impacted. Relationships have been affected. Most importantly it sets before us a very interesting landscape and the potential for some incredibly intriguing storylines.

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Apr 15, 2022 3.5/4

Human beings need someone to blame when something bad happens, and super-humans are not immune to this. Captain America: Civil War creates a filmic conversation about this theme.

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David Gonzalez The Cinematic Reel Feb 14, 2022 4/4

Captain America: Civil War is the best entry into MCU next to The Dark Knight, one of the best comic book films of all time. From top to bottom, this film is brilliant.

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Luis Bond Alvarez Globovision Jan 2, 2022 5/5

Like their previous work with Captain America, the Russo brothers make this movie a bit darker than their predecessors within the MCU, but without losing the humorous tone that has always characterized the studio's stories [Full review in Spanish]

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Therese Lacson Nerdophiles Oct 9, 2021

[The] Russos' take on Marvel's Civil War is refreshing and bookends two phases of the largely successful Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Hosea Rupprecht Pauline Media Studies Aug 27, 2021

Captain America: Civil War delivers on every level. The eye-popping action moves the story forward and the humor brings the tension down a notch or two.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Aug 18, 2021 3.5/4

In an era when superhero flicks hit theaters with the same frequency as bugs hit windshields, Captain America: Civil War still manages to rise above the fray and declare itself one of the finest pictures yet from Team Stan Lee.

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Alex Bentley CultureMap Aug 5, 2021

Captain America: Civil War shows that the overseers of the MCU have yet to rest on their laurels. If anything, this film indicates that they are redoubling their efforts to prove their dominance is well founded.

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Joe Passmore NME (New Musical Express) Jun 30, 2021 4/5

Is this the best Marvel film so far?

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Nicolás Delgadillo Discussing Film Jun 24, 2021

The many years and films that Marvel Studios spent world and character building are what makes Civil War work so well.

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Nick Levine NME (New Musical Express) Apr 27, 2021 4/5

At 147 minutes, Captain America: Civil War is probably a bit too long, but it has enough tense head-to-heads and eye-popping fight scenes to override the odd drop in momentum.

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David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Feb 11, 2021

All one can think about is the terrible waste of resources, technology and human skill represented by a film like Captain America: Civil War.

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Scott Nye Battleship Pretension Jan 6, 2021

Never mind narrative economy - where's the story at all?

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Dec 4, 2020 4/10

Sets about establishing an exhaustingly circuitous plot of betrayal, infighting, espionage, terrorism, and covert operations.

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Dan Buffa KSDK News (St. Louis) Nov 10, 2020

On the surface, it's one superhero against another. Deep down, it's two friends being separated due to a difference in ideology.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 4, 2020 3.5/4.0

Captain America: Civil War isn't a flawless film, though I'm guessing most diehard fans will be more in awe of it than newcomers to the Marvel universe.

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