 Daredevil received mixed reviews from critics. The review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 44 % of critics gave the film positive feedback, based on 221 reviews, with the critical consensus reading, "While Ben Affleck fits the role and the story is sporadically interesting, Daredevil is ultimately a dull, brooding origin story that fails to bring anything new to the genre." On the website Metacritic the film has an average score of 42 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
