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The Guardian, by Peter Bradshaw
"At its best, it's delirious, crazy fun with splashes of passion and romance; at its worst, it gets muddled (the way time-travel films will always tend to) and becalmed in its own fanboy portentousness."
STAR RATING: 3 out of 5
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The New York Times, by A O Scott
"So much has already been done, so much is supposedly demanded by fans, that any given installment in a multisequel enterprise can feel like the hysterical pursuit of diminishing returns. In the case of “Days of Future Past,” the plot is as overelaborate and muddled as some of the effects. But, as usual, the characters — and the performers playing them — step unto the breach to provide just enough wit and feeling to make “Days of Future Past” something other than a waste of a reasonable person’s time."
STAR RATING: None given
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Rolling Stone, by Peter Travers
"Step up, cynics, and see the summer 2014 blockbuster that gets damn near everything right. X-Men: Days of Future Past tries to stuff the whole X-Men universe – past, present and future – into one movie. The character overload may leave X-Men newbies dazed and confused, unless they're blissfully stoned. But fans are in for an exhilarating rush."
STAR RATING: 3.5 out of 4
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Financial Times, by Danny Leigh
"Peter Dinklage is watchably villainous, star buy Jennifer Lawrence a scenic let-down. In fact, the whole thing is stolen early by another newcomer, Evan Peters, as a proto-hacker whose smoke-grey hair and punkish wit suggest Julian Assange’s self image. The script is such a sprawl he promptly vanishes, but he does leave a vapour trail before we’re sent, grumbling, back to the future."
STAR RATING: 3 out of 5
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The Independent, by Laurence Phelan
"It is a pleasingly coherent, plot-driven action movie, positively streamlined by the standards of today's superhero blockbusters. While virtually every shot has some kind of digital special effect in it, the spectacle is subservient to the storytelling right until the climactic showdowns at the 1973 Paris peace accord and at the White House."
STAR RATING: 4 out of 5
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Empire, by Nick de Semlyen
"The best X-Men film since the second one, this sequel/prequel/reboot trashes the ’70s with élan. Some of the massive cast struggle to register (there’s only a brief Storm), but what’s here is all good."
STAR RATING: 4 out of 5
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Total Film, by Kevin Harley
"With style, heart and thrills, Singer has nailed the most ambitious X-flick yet. Popcorn pizzazz combines with X2’s emotional sweep and something extra: a platform for the X-Men’s screen survival."
STAR RATING: 4 out of 5
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X-Men: Days of Future Past is released in the UK on May 22, and in the US on May 23
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