Flicks, Tony Stamp
Jason Momoa is Aquaman in the DC Entertainment character's first feature film. It hits cinemas December 26 and critic Tony Stamp reckons it's completely ludicrous—and all the better for it.
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Aquaman
Jason Momoa is Aquaman in the DC Entertainment character's first feature film. Co-stars Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman and Temuera Morrison and helmed by James Wan (Furious 7).
When Arthur Curry (Momoa) learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, he must step forward to lead his people.
Less2018Rating: M, Fantasy violence143 minsUSA, AustraliaDC Entertainment
ActionAdventureScience FictionBlockbuster
- Director:
- James Wan ('The Conjuring', 'Furious 7', 'Saw')
- Writer:
- Will Beall
- Cast:
- Jason MomoaAmber HeardWillem DafoePatrick WilsonYahya Abdul-Mateen IINicole KidmanTemuera Morrison
Aquaman | Reviews
65%411 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Variety
It doesn't suck, but only if you're willing to sit through two hours of waterlogged world-building before the movie finally takes off.
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Vanity Fair
Wan has taken a seemingly impossible task and imbued it with clarity and personality.
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Total Film
It feels like a step in the right direction for the DCEU. What's more, its hero's former 'joke character' status is kept well at bay.
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Time Out
Aquaman is more seawater than bongwater, unfortunately, but when it gets trippy, it floats within hailing distance of Doctor Strange.
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The Guardian
This is a let-down: a laborious, slow-moving and dripping wet film, barnacle-encrusted with solemnity and with a ripply-underwater production design that looks like a giant version of the kitschy items that you put in fish-tanks.
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Stuff
Aquaman does everything we expect a big-budget superhero movie to do, but it also remembers ... to have a heart, and something other than mere bombast to give us for bothering to show up. Bravo.
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New Zealand Herald
It's a big call, but Aquaman - one of the most highly anticipated releases of 2018 - might just be the worst film of the year.
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Newshub
All of it is wrapped up in that much needed wry and irreverent self-awareness which DC just hadn't managed to crack until now.
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Los Angeles Times
Notwithstanding the inevitable formulaic dialogue and a superabundance of boilerplate superhero action sequences, "Aquaman" turns out to be, almost despite itself, an engaging undersea extravaganza.
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Empire Magazine
Welcome to Aquaman, where you won't have a clue what's going on, but you won't be able to look away either.
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Aquaman | Release Details
Aquaman is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Neon Rentals and Academy On Demand and AroVision.