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Guardians of the Galaxy (12A)

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the far reaches of space, an American pilot named Peter Quill finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an orb coveted by the villainous Ronan.

More information on this production is available at marvel.com.

The critical consensus

Mad, marvellous and all kinds of sci-fi magical, Guardians Of The Galaxy is Marvel’s riskiest but most surprising success yet.

****(*)Matt Risley, Total Film, 24/07/2014

Whip-smart, pop-literate, self-aware humour saves the day (and the universe, come to think of it).

***(*)(*)Steve Rose, The Guardian, 24/07/2014

Guardians Of The Galaxy feels a little superficial and half-hearted by comparison with some of the other Marvel blockbusters. It’s a film that could have benefited from taking itself just a bit more seriously.

***(*)(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 25/07/2014

Guardians is enormous fun from beginning to end.

****(*)Matthew Turner, The List, 28/07/2014

Colourful, tongue-in-cheek fun, purpose-built for grown-up lovers of kitsch ’80s science-fiction. But the Marvel formula is starting to feel, well, a little too formulaic.

****(*)Dan Jolin, Empire Online, 28/07/2014

What does work is everything about the Guardians themselves, and almost everything that comes out of their mouths.

****(*)Chris Fyvie, The Skinny, 30/07/2014

Too lighthearted to invest its action with much real meaning, but still afflicted by the self-seriousness from which the Marvel universe is fundamentally constructed, Guardians is the most disappointing kind of comedy: the kind without the courage of its convictions.

**(*)(*)(*)Laurence Phelan, The Independent, 31/07/2014

It pulls off the difficult trick of combining sprightly self-satire combined with that operatic self-belief that superhero stories need.

****(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 31/07/2014

Here's hoping the Guardians don't ever cross over into another corner of the Marvel Universe.

Adam Woodward, Little White Lies, 31/07/2014

Marvel fans will lap it up, of course, but it’s far from the studio’s best.

***(*)(*)Stephen Carty, Flix Capacitor, 02/08/2014


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Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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