Black Panther - Movie Reviews (2024)

Pushing aside the proclivity to have a empowered science nerd or a plucky quipster as its heroic lead, a Marvel film hasn’t been this brawny, righteous, and tough.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 16, 2024

Marvel movies proved they could keep on evolving with Ryan Coogler's Black Panther. The 2018 film bucked the superhero formula with its Afro-futurist setting, family saga and James Bond gadgetry.

Full Review | Apr 20, 2023

A heady mix of William Shakespeare and Walt Disney -- and with a few James Bond gadgets added to sweeten the deal -- it ventures far beyond wham-bam-thank-you-Stan territory.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 22, 2023

[The film's] central struggle is one that you can see both sides of. It's more of a idealogical conflict than a moral one, which makes it so fascinating.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 17, 2023

Wakanda Forever is the big screen outing that has all the elements to give you a larger than life cinematic experience.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2022

But “Black Panther” isn’t just a cultural statement. It’s a terrific film that energizes a genre as it has a community. Not many movies can say that.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

Black Panther feels as much like a moment as it does a movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 2, 2022

The film has an unabashed and defiant political viewpoint, supplementing its superhero genre mechanics with a relevant commentary on history, racism, and human injustice

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 14, 2022

It's also a breath of fresh air for the cinematic universe its set in, one that has developed a few bad habits over the years, one that also needed a fresh perspective, and a divergence from the grander threads a play in the narrative.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 11, 2022

[It] showed not only was there audience appetite for a big-budget black superhero flick, but there was appetite for one that grappled with modern societal challenges like isolationism, oppression, and technological disparity.

Full Review | Jul 28, 2021

There's so much to celebrate about Black Panther.

Full Review | Jul 20, 2021

It's a cultural phenomenon.

Full Review | Jun 24, 2021

The best Marvel movie yet.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 28, 2021

A tentpole franchise film that broke the mold of what came before, reveling in a diversity and culture that had barely been touched on in past superhero films and that had certainly not been embraced as widely and emphatically before...

Full Review | Apr 14, 2021

Boseman's Black Panther is not only capable of fighting the bad guys but is also a vessel for the film's study of the importance of legacy and identity.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 4, 2021

Sure,Black Panther is a mainstream superhero movie with jaw-dropping action, balletic fight scenes, and CGI spectacle, but it is also a measured and extraordinary exploration of race and pride.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jan 29, 2021

A taut triumph of Afrofuturist iconography realized in the propulsive, widescreen language of the superhero-blockbuster fantasy, and an elevation of that genre on every front.

Full Review | Dec 15, 2020

Just about the same as every other Marvel title.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 5, 2020

Here's the thing: you can enjoy Black Panther without having seen a single Marvel film beforehand. It is a stand-alone gem...

Full Review | Nov 6, 2020

As the new king, T'Challa has to wrestle with a few issues that seem topical in today's society.

Full Review | Nov 4, 2020