Captain America Civil War: 11 Critical Reactions You Need To Know

3. It Earns Its Lengthy Runtime

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For just about any 146-minute blockbuster, there's going to be concern about it being too long and bloated, especially as superhero movies have a habit of ending up like this.

Nevertheless, Civil War has been called "surprisingly fleet-footed" (Variety), "light on its feet" (The Hollywood Reporter) and a "well-paced, thoroughly satisfying, completely overstuffed action-thriller" (Screen International).

Unsurprisingly, there were some who didn't quite agree: "It's generally well-paced, but there's one too many plot swerves as you wait for the gang to suit up and throw down" (Total Film).

You can't please them all, right?

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