Summary
- Critics are praising The Marvels, calling it “an absolute BLAST” and “a great time at the movies!”
- Iman Vellani, who plays Ms. Marvel, is being highly praised and said to steal the show.
- Early reactions suggest that The Marvels is a return to form for the MCU after several disappointing films.
The first reactions to the latest MCU effort are now in, with critics taking to social media to share their response to The Marvels. Amid the meek box office projections for The Marvels, and with reported chaos behind-the-scenes at Marvel Studios, how does the latest offering from the world of Marvel fare? Pretty well based on the first reactions, with critics calling The Marvels “an absolute BLAST” and “a great time at the movies!”
Much praise has been heaped on Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani, with many saying she steals the show. Further reactions go on to applaud the natural chemistry shown by the main trio, as well as the direction of Nia DaCosta.
With responses to MCU movies lately being far more middling than ever before, many early reactions to The Marvels call it a return to form following several big screen disappointments.
If nothing else, The Marvels certainly sounds like a fun time at the movies, with many of the early reactions reporting that the Marvel outing is the most fun they’ve had in theaters for a while.
But what of those rumored cameos and connections to the wider MCU? Well, it sounds like too will be worth the wait.
The Marvels Lands in Theaters on Friday
Captain Marvel 2 / The Marvels
- Release Date
- November 10, 2023
- Director
- Nia DaCosta
- Cast
- Brie Larson, Zawe Ashton, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson, Park Seo-joon
- Main Genre
- Adventure
- Writers
- Gene Colan, Roy Thomas
The Marvels follows on from 2019’s Captain Marvel (as well as all the other Marvel movies and shows since then), and finds Carol Danvers mysteriously swapping places with two other heroes, Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel.
“Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan, Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team-up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as ‘The Marvels.’”
Directed by Nia DaCosta from a screenplay she co-wrote with Megan McDonnell and Elissa Karasik, The Marvels stars Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel, and Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau. The rest of the cast includes Zawe Ashton as Dar-Benn and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, as well as Park Seo-joon, Lashana Lynch, Randall Park, Daniel Ings, Shamier Anderson, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, and Saagar Shaikh.
The Marvels is scheduled to be released on November 10, 2023, as part of Phase Five of the MCU. Check out the trailer below:
