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Rating: 8/10 (29 April 2019)

Doctor Strange out of all MCU films is the most non-MCU film. It stands alone as an interesting movie with magic while also contributing to the universe. Benedict Cumberbatch was a great choice. He portrays Doctor Strange as calm and intelligent (like a surgeon) while also arrogant and self-absorbed. The development of Strange's character is one that is classic but well done, moving from a Tony Stark narcissist to a just protector of Earth. Rachel McAdams helps to balance the plot between the mystical and real. The whole movie constructs a really interesting conflicting narrative between science and belief, and how people can learn to have both. The villain is surface deep until the end when it changes trajectory. One of the best comic relief characters ever. Pretty good as a stand alone film.