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Rating: 6/10 (21 August 2000)

I'm no comic book nerd, and had no prior knowledge or expectations of the X-Men. This is the most intelligent summer blockbuster of 2000. A film that deals with issues of paranoia and prejudice. A film that delays the action, and respects it's audience to develop plot and character. It also captures the comic book darkness that prevailed in the atomic age/cold war 1950s and 1960s. No need to camp this up or dumb it down. A top cast in a welcome success.