Iron Man
Directed by Jon Favreau. US. 2008. PG-13. Running time: 126 min.
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"The gadgetry is absolutely dazzling, the action is mostly exhilarating, the comedy is scintillating and the whole enormous enterprise, spawned by Marvel comics, throbs with dramatic energy because the man inside the shiny red robotic rig is a daring choice for an action hero, and an inspired one."" Robert Downey Jr. works marvels on his own. It's not that he has reinvented himself for the role, although he looks impressively fit, but that in such extravagant surroundings he remains true to his quick, flip wit, his laconic style and, best of all, to his jaunty humanity. Thanks to him, and to his director, Jon Favreau, some of the movie's most enjoyable scenes include Tony talking and thinking — intelligence as action — as well as soaring through the skies in his cyborg suit, and righting the world's wrongs as a knight in space-age armor." (Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal)
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