Thunderbolts* Review (2025) — 79% Celluloid Score
Directed by Jake Schreier · 2025 ·
Thunderbolts* (2025) earns a 79% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.
Five-source breakdown
Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Studios Where to watch in the United States
- Disney+
Why this score?
- Majority of critics rated it fresh (88%).
- General viewers mostly liked it (84%).
- Metascore is generally favorable (76/100).
- Celluloid Score 79% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.
Best for
- Viewers who want a well-regarded action, adventure, sci-fi pick
Not ideal for
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Is Thunderbolts* worth watching?
Yes — Thunderbolts* earns a 79% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Critics Consensus
The strongest post-Endgame team-up that is not an Avengers title — Pugh and Stan carry a darker, funnier misfit energy that critics preferred to several louder Phase Five launches.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
What is Thunderbolts* about?
A ragtag unit of antiheroes — Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, U.S. Agent, Ghost, and Taskmaster — is thrown together for a black-ops mission that turns into a reckoning with what the MCU does to people who were never meant to be Avengers.
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