Chloé Zhao is an incredibly talented filmmaker who is responsible for some of the best films of the last decade. Eternals is sadly not one of them.

Full Review | Feb 27, 2024

Eternals the movie suffers from the same thing The Eternals comic did — it focuses more on a concept than it does on characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Oct 16, 2023

The Eternals is a jumbled mess because it has to include the origin story plus detail the long lives of the 10 major characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 10, 2023

Chloé Zhao‘s Eternals is Marvel’s most philosophical film to date, teaching us about evolution, humanity, love, and the nature of good and evil.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 3, 2023

Chloe Zhao’s Eternals is a triumphant! A slow burning story that was epic in nature, beautiful in character development, & Brutal when in its action scenes. So many thoughts, so much ambition, but truly something that the MCU hasn’t seen yet.

Full Review | Jul 26, 2023

Eternals has its moments but its massive scale never allows the characters to live in their world.

Full Review | Jul 26, 2023

Chloé Zhao still follows some of Marvel's success formulas, but her unique style brings new attributes to the cinematic universe, such as the distinctly gorgeous cinematography and the profound themes of faith and humanity.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jul 25, 2023

There are plenty of good ideas here, singular moments to love and appreciate. But at the end of the day, the writing for Eternals trips itself up.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2023

Ultimately, Eternals is a superhero movie for people who don’t like the usual superhero fare. It’s far more concerned with grand emotions and the thin line between hero and god than it is with quippy one-liners and over-the-top action.

Full Review | Jul 25, 2023

As a whole, it’s somewhere in the middle; and I hope it’s not the last time Marvel allows a prestigious director to take a shot in the MCU and give a bold take on the formula, flaws and all.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Feb 13, 2023

We've seen lots of heroes fight for revenge, duty, honor, glory or adventure, but rarely love which is a prime motivating force for all of us.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 6, 2023

The narrative is simultaneously too large and too small. With personal relationships defining the narrative of a cosmos spanning opera ... As far as MCU goes though this isn't a terrible direction for them to explore.

Full Review | Original Score: 50/100 | Nov 18, 2022

[Chloé Zhao’s] Marvel debut is the opposite of anything she’s ever done — she has created something stale, repetitious, and heavy-handed. I’m sorry to say Eternals is a massive disappointment.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 21, 2022

The result is a beautiful look into the joys and sorrows of humanity that also doubles as an entry point into some of Marvel’s stranger cosmic storytelling.

Full Review | Aug 17, 2022

I couldn’t help but think of how it would have fared better as a Disney+ streaming series. There’s very little here that screams big screen movie, and giving the characters and their stories more room to develop would have helped tremendously.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 16, 2022

Eternals is a jam-packed, ambitious and oddly imperfect addition to the Marvelverse.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2022

Eternals may be one of the weakest Marvel movies yet, but there is still enough to enjoy as it propels us into a new and uncertain future for the franchise.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | May 18, 2022

Chloé Zhao tries to shove a sappy essay on the virtues of mankind and the value of loving humanity despite its flaws into a lackluster superhero journey of ten vapid characters who spend the entire film disproving her theory.

Full Review | Original Score: F | Apr 12, 2022

ETERNALS is love! Chloé Zhao has created such a beautiful film. Her superheroes are awe-inspiring supernatural beings and at the same time so deeply human.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Mar 15, 2022

We have to wonder what kind of movie Zhao would have made left to her own devices. We suspect it would have less CGI monsters and more ruminations on character, immortality and watching humanity evolve.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 13, 2022