Deadpool (2016)
RT Audience Score: 90%
Awards & Nominations: 6 wins & 52 nominations
Fast, funny, and gleefully profane, the fourth-wall-busting Deadpool subverts superhero film formula with wildly entertaining — and decidedly non-family-friendly — results.
Deadpool is the perfect movie for anyone who loves a good antihero. It’s a hilarious, hyper-violent ride that will have you laughing and cringing at the same time. Ryan Reynolds is absolutely perfect in the role, and the pop culture references and witty asides are packed in so tightly that you’ll need to watch it multiple times just to catch them all. Sure, it’s occasionally a little too rude and crude, but that’s all part of the fun. If you’re tired of bloated superhero movies, Deadpool is the stylishly salty antidote you’ve been waiting for.
Production Company(ies)
Apple Corps Aimimage Productions, Diamond Docs
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Centre Lawn Building, Riverview Hospital, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong violence and language throughout, sexual references and brief drug material
Year of Release
2016
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:12-Track Digital Sound Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 48m
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Language(s):English, Cantonese, Spanish, Russian
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Feb 12, 2016 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 10, 2016
Genre(s)
Action/Adventure
Keyword(s)
starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J Miller, Gina Carano, Leslie Uggams, directed by Tim Miller, written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, action, adventure, comedy, fantasy, R rating, box office success, $363.1M gross, reviewed by Nigel Andrews, Dwight Brown, Sara Michelle Fetters, Udita Jhunjhunwala, Anthony Lane, Christopher Orr, Brian Eggert, Kip Mooney, Nick Levine, Ian Brill, Richard Crouse, Jordy Sirkin, Wade Wilson, Deadpool, Special Forces, mercenary, evil scientist, Ajax, Colossus, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, mutant allies, accelerated healing powers, twisted sense of humor, Simon Kinberg, Lauren Shuler Donner, Dolby Atmos, Scope (2.35:1), X-Men
Worldwide gross: $785,896,609
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $924,822,506
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 109
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 100,853,054
US/Canada gross: $324,591,735
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $381,971,036
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 126
US/Canada opening weekend: $125,507,153
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $147,693,524
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 42
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $110,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $129,445,113
Production budget ranking: 275
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $69,706,194
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $725,671,199
ROI to date (est.): 364%
ROI ranking: 376
Morena Baccarin – Vanessa
Ed Skrein – Ajax
T.J. Miller – Weasel
Gina Carano – Angel Dust
Leslie Uggams – Blind Al
Director(s)
Tim Miller
Writer(s)
Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Producer(s)
Simon Kinberg, Ryan Reynolds, Lauren Shuler Donner
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
6 wins & 52 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (348) | Top Critics (67) | Fresh (295) | Rotten (53)
Deadpool tries so hard and is so trying.
December 27, 2016 | Rating: 2/5
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
TOP CRITIC
Who needs a hero when you can have an entertaining antihero?
November 8, 2016
Dwight Brown
National Newspaper Publishers Association
TOP CRITIC
This is a fun, hyper-violent, gleefully perverse frolic into the super-powered absurd.
August 15, 2016 | Rating: 3/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
As far as origin stories go, this one’s a blast, in no small measure due to Reynolds, who clearly relishes the part, and director Tim Miller, who keeps you entertained and amused throughout.
June 21, 2016
Udita Jhunjhunwala
Scroll.in
TOP CRITIC
Watching the film is like sitting at dinner with a teen-ager who believes that, if he swears long and loudly enough, he will shock the grownups into accepting him as one of their own.
February 15, 2016
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
Flamboyantly vulgar and determinedly self-referential, Deadpool has the shape of a superhero movie but the soul of a Danny McBride flick.
February 15, 2016
Christopher Orr
The Atlantic
TOP CRITIC
That Deadpool was ever made is something of a small miracle. That it’s satisfying from a fan perspective is another miracle.
April 22, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Packed to the brim with witty asides and pop culture references.
August 10, 2021 | Rating: A-
Kip Mooney
Central Track
Deadpool is a stylishly salty antidote to bloated recent superhero movies like last year’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron.
June 8, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Nick Levine
NME
While there are still solid laughs to be found, it reneges on the promise of the early scenes. And when dealing with mercenaries, especially a merc with a mouth, you never renege on a promise.
April 13, 2021
Ian Brill
Battleship Pretension
It’s occasionally a little too rude and crude, bloody and bowed for it’s own good but at least it tries to do something a little different in the well-worn context of the superhero genre.
February 3, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Richard Crouse
Richard Crouse
It’s easy to make a superhero film nowadays. However, a film is nothing without great writers that understand the character and an actor that is passionate about it. Ryan Reynold IS Deadpool.
January 2, 2021
Jordy Sirkin
Jordy Reviews It…
Plot
After losing Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), the love of his life, 4th-wall breaking mercenary Wade Wilson aka Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) must assemble a team and protect a young, fat mutant Russell Collins aka Firefist (Julian Dennison) from Cable (Josh Brolin), a no-nonsense, dangerous cyborg from the future, and must also learn the most important lesson of all: to be part of a family again.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Ryan Reynolds “clearly relishes the part” of Deadpool, according to one critic review.
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