How does a future Avenger who uses spells instead of fists fair on the big screen?
The first wave of reviews are in forDoctor Strange, and the reception has been largely positive.
Ahead of the films release on Nov. 4, see some of the first reviews of Marvels latest below.
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Do comics-derived films really require thespians of this caliber when the effects and genre elements are their raisons detre?
Escher and not a colorblind four-year-old.
That spectacle comes at a cost.
But it also rings with some tired familiarity.
This movie is your two-hour explanation.
And Derrickson and crew offer enough dazzling visual eye candy that it almost hides what we are actually watching.
Jeff Cannata (ComicBook.com)
The film has many of the same faults as the other Marvel Studios movies.
Rachel McAdams, like Natalie Portman before her, is woefully underused and her character lacks any real substance.
But all that doesnt stop the sheer joy of the experience.
