Marvel's The Avengers

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  • Opened May 4, 2012 
  • 2 hr 23 min
  • PG-13 | Intense Sci-Fi Action/Violence and A Mild Drug Reference

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 13+. More on child suitability

  • Marvel Studios presents 'Marvel’s The Avengers'—the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

    Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon, 'Marvel’s The Avengers' is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series 'The Avengers,' first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, when 'Marvel's The Avengers' assemble in summer 2012. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner
  • Director: Joss Whedon
  • Genres: Action/Adventure

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Hulk Smashed

by hiaatus7

Let me begin by saying that I am not a big super-hero person. I grew up overseas where the caped crusader, the spider freak, and angry green man did not exist. Going into this movie I expected to...

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TOP NOTCH !!!

by cyndshaw

OMG ! My 15 year old and I went to one of the midnight shows. I'm 60 years old and I had a blast! My husband was a true comic book geek and he had been talking about this movie since he attended...

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Avengers is Awesome!

by AINZZ2001

I have to admit, I expected Avengers to be good considering how word of mouth kept saying it was. But, after seeing it, I would say it was one of the best movies I have ever seen. Joss Whedon did...

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Amy Biancolli

There are moments of genuine pathos, genuine humor, genuine surprise. As much as the film adheres to the strictures of the standard comic-book movie, it also pops with a knowing, loving, Whedon-world jokiness that keeps everything barreling along. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Joe Neumaier

Most impressive of all, The Avengers makes superhero movies new again - a colossal task indeed. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

The Avengers has it all. And then some. Six superheroes for the price of one ticket... It's also the blockbuster I saw in my head when I imagined a movie that brought together the idols of the Marvel world in one, shiny, stupendously exciting package. It's "Transformers" with a brain, a heart and working sense of humor. Suck on that, Michael Bay. [10 May 2012, p.74] Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

In terms of storytelling, The Avengers is for the most part a highly functional, banged-together vehicle that runs on synthetic franchise fuel. Yet the grand finale of CGI action, set in the streets of New York, is - in every sense - smashing. Read full review

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Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson in "The Avengers."