'Eternals may not be the worst of Marvel's movies, but it's undoubtedly the most disappointing' - BBC Culture critic Nicholas Barber 'But considering that this sci-fi saga is directed by Zhao, and that its story spans the creation of the Universe and the fate of the planet, it would have been reasonable to expect it to prompt slack-jawed wonder rather than the grudging appreciation of an efficient, workmanlike job. 'More frequently, though, it seems to fall into familiar traps about saving the world and learning to work together as a team when a giant, CGI-heavy battle begins to thwart another potential apocalypse, you start to feel a formula being leaned on' - Empire critic John Nugent But the franchise is nothing but comfort zone, which renders its latest entry an instant white elephant' - The Telegraph critic Robbie Collin 'Perhaps the hope was that Marvel's 26th film might rattle the franchise out of its comfort zone. 'That's the problem: there's just too much going on: it's all headed towards yet another 'race against time to stop the really bad thing happening' climax' The Guardian critic Steve Rose 'At times if feels like you are watching a very sophisticated PowerPoint presentation. It's clear that that's something of a disappointment' - Variety critic Owen Gleiberman 'Yet as I approached Eternals, the question I was most curious about was whether Zhao, who in Nomadland and The Rider defined her filmmaking style in a unique poetic way, would carry any remnants of that mode over to the blockbuster universe. 'Eternals is two steps forwards for representation but three steps backwards for dramatic ingenuity' - The Times critic Kevin Maher Because the one they have now, co-written by Chloé Zhao, the director (Nomadland), is derivative, messy and miserably undernourished.
'But they are also, to paraphrase Pirandello, ten characters in search of a script.
The cast includes MCU's first deaf superhero (Lauren Ridloff as Makkari) and its first openly gay superhero (Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos) who shares the franchise's first onscreen same-sex kiss with Haaz Sleiman, who plays his husband. However, the superhero flick, directed by Oscar-winning Nomadland star Chloe Zhao, was lambasted by critics over its 'miserably undernourished' script, deluge of underdeveloped characters and 'overloaded' storyline.Ĭritics were torn as the 'refreshingly diverse' cast of characters resulted in a group of 'navel-gazing superheroes' that signalled 'two steps forwards for representation but three steps backwards for dramatic ingenuity.'
The film sees the Eternals, an immortal alien race, come out of hiding for thousands of years to protect Earth from their evil counterparts, the Deviants - and features a star-studded cast including Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden and Gemma Chan. Eternals has been branded 'disappointing' and 'ultimately unmemorable' by critics in first reviews of the hotly anticipated MCU blockbuster.
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