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55 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70PolygonJoshua RiveraPolygonJoshua RiveraIt’s a bright, breezy film that is overwhelmed by corporate hagiography, a pat on the back for a bunch of movies that never really worked out.
- 67ConsequenceLiz Shannon MillerConsequenceLiz Shannon MillerThere’s an immense amount of baggage weighing down what proves to be a vaguely competent superhero adventure, albeit one that fails to add anything significant to the genre by the end.
- 67IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandIn its best moments, The Flash touches on something new and exciting, but too often, its the past that tugs on, keeping it from speeding ahead.
- 63Slant MagazineJustin ClarkSlant MagazineJustin ClarkNothing Batman or Supergirl do in The Flash to save the world is more effective than what Barry Allen does to save it with a hug and a can of tomatoes.
- 60Total FilmKevin HarleyTotal FilmKevin HarleyMuschietti directs confidently, notably in an opening sequence that betters both Justice Leagues for fun. What’s less persuasive is the CGI, an eyesore that’s particularly gaudy when the finale’s ‘secrets’ drop.
- 60ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerThe good barely outweighs the bad here, at least enough for me to give The Flash a marginal recommendation. A lot of the reviews of The Flash from early screenings called it one of the greatest DC Comics movies ever made. Maybe in another universe that’s true. In this one, I thought it stumbled across the finish line.
- 58ColliderRoss BonaimeColliderRoss BonaimeCameos and fan service are fine to have, but the story has to be there to back them up, and it’s not quite there with The Flash.
- 49TheWrapWilliam BibbianiTheWrapWilliam BibbianiIt’s hard to imagine a film with less strength of conviction than The Flash, a time travel movie about why it’s bad to retcon the past, but which exists entirely to convince the audience that retconning the past, present and (potentially) the future of the DC superhero franchise is a super cool thing to do.
- 40Screen RantMolly FreemanScreen RantMolly FreemanThe Flash is a passable multiverse superhero movie, but no amount of DC cameos can make audiences forget the awful off-screen actions of Ezra Miller.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawSome entertaining moments can’t hide the fact that this latest product of the DC Comics universe doesn’t exactly fly past.