Pretty good

Rating: 7/10 (18 July 2000)

Probably the best big-screen movie from a Marvel comic (although that's not saying much). It's basically Wolverine's movie all the way and newcomer Hugh Jackman was excellent in the role. Also Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan (as Dr X and Magneto) were great too. As for everybody else...Halle Berry is all wrong as Storm (not exotic enough); James Marsden is a good actor but he's totally miscast as Cyclops; Famke Janssen (sp?) is given nothing to do as Jean Gray and Anna Paquin is too whiny as Rogue. The villains don't fare much better. Sabretooth is laughable, Toad is too powerful...the others I can't even remember...Mystique did make an impression though. So, all in all, it's passable summer entertainment. Hopefully the sequel will be better.