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Avg. Critic Score: 61 out of 100 Generally favorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
13 Iffy for 13+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    "Iron Man" has more wit and style, but Hulk is a neat thrill ride with an intelligent script by Zak Penn and smart, well-paced direction by the French director of "The Transporter" series, Louis Leterrier. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Embraces its identity as a sci-fi-summer-action-blockbuster extravaganza. Along the way, it actually comes close to finding the balance that Lee was looking for. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    A straightforward actioner that delivers the goods with no unnecessary frills or digressions. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    The result is a classic comic-book hero quest that, while not entirely novel, hews to its own rules and conventions with dignity and artfulness. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    The Incredible Hulk is just a luridly reductive and violent B movie -- one that clears a bar that hadn't been set very high. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    This Hulk is more viscerally angry and packs a bigger wallop than Ang Lee's talkier, more introspective version. But it's hardly the best superhero movie around. "Iron Man" was wittier and more fun. Read full review

  • 63
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    The final confrontation between the Hulk and Blonsky, now the roaring Abomination, is like the clash of Downey and Bridges in "Iron Man," only not as exciting. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    By the time the Incredible Hulk had completed his hulk-on-hulk showdown with the Incredible Blonsky, I had been using my Timex with the illuminated dial way too often. Read full review

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    The result is solid and efficient, if unadventurous, illustrating both the lure and the limitations of comic book extravaganzas. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    A middling superhero movie! I wish I could say that was incredible. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+ Bloodier action than other comic book adventures.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this big-budget comic-book adaptation features extensive, graphic super-heroic violence. There's a strong sci-fi/fantasy element, but unlike the gleaming technological feel of Iron Man, this movie has a much messier, more biological style. Expect plenty of injections and experiments, lots of spilled blood, and more general ickiness than in other superhero movies. The Hulk and his nemesis also look quite monstrous, which might scare the pants off young kids.
  • Families can talk about anger. Do your kids feel they have the equivalent of a green monster inside sometimes? Do they think that superheroes express human problems made really big? Families can also discuss Bruce Banner's struggle for control. What does he give up in order to be responsible? Can you think of any similar situations people might face in real life? Another good discussion is about the popularity of comic book films. Why do your kids think there are so many of them? What's the appeal? How is this movie different from the previous 2003 version? And how is it different from movies like Iron Man and Batman Begins?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: The military is pursuing Banner/The Hulk in the hopes of recreating his freakish ability as a military weapon; Banner constantly struggles to control his temper for fear of transforming into his brutish, superhuman alter-ego.
What to watch for
  • violence false5 Violence: Extensive super-heroic violence, with super-strong characters striking mighty blows, hurling people and objects about, destroying vehicles, and more. Extensive (albeit mostly pointless) firearms use against the Hulk and his nemesis; explosions, rockets, gas grenades, sonic cannons, and more are also deployed. Wounded bystanders and civilians are seen; the climactic battle features extreme graphic super heroic violence -- for example, the Hulk ripping off one of his opponent's mutated bone-spurs and using it as a dagger. Some martial arts and grappling. Characters fall from great heights; blood is often seen on-screen, as well as painful-looking experimental science-fiction medical procedures.
  • sex false0 Sex: Some kissing in semi-clothed circumstances; some references to how "excited" the lead character can get without risking turning into his monstrous alter ego.
  • language false0 Language: Mild to moderate, including "crap," "pissed," "a--hole," "bitch," "hell," and a choked-off "s--t."
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: Several brands appear on-screen, including Norton computer utilities, Polar heart rate monitors, and SanDisk USB drives.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Some cigar smoking.
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