Iron Man (2008)

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

The gadgetry is absolutely dazzling, the action is mostly exhilarating, the comedy is scintillating and the whole enormous enterprise, spawned by Marvel comics, throbs with dramatic energy because the man inside the shiny red robotic rig is a daring choice for an action hero, and an inspired one. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

You hire an actor for his strengths, and Downey would not be strong as a one-dimensional mighty-man. He is strong because he is smart, quick and funny, and because we sense his public persona masks deep private wounds. By building on that, Favreau found his movie, and it's a good one. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Kirk Honeycutt

Downey plays off his own bad-boy image wonderfully. The writers give him great lines to work with and ditto that for his Girl Friday, Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts, whose own svelte lines cannot be improved on. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

Until a final conflict that more resembles a monster-truck jam than a superhero showdown, Iron Man is solid gold. Read full review

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Robert Downey Jr. in "Iron Man."