Wonder Woman Reviews: 10 Critical Reactions You Must See

The next instalment of the DC Extended Universe opens this week as - at long last - a Wonder Woman movie finally makes it to cinemas.

It's been a long while coming, with various attempts at making the movie happen, but now the world's most famous female superhero - who first appeared back in 1941 - has her own solo film.

It is, of course, the first female-led superhero movie of the relatively recent comic book film boon period (since around 2008, really). But it's also the latest attempt to jump-start the DCEU, which has been struggling - in critical terms, at least - since 2013's Man of Steel, and floundered particularly badly last year with maulings for both Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad. On both counts, there's heavy expectation to deliver.

So far, word has been much more positive on Wonder Woman. The early reactions from critics on Twitter a couple of weeks ago sent out the right message, but now the full review embargo has broken we can see just how well the movie stacks up, and the areas where it doesn't hit its mark.

10. It's A Bit Too Long

This is far from a complaint specific to Wonder Woman, but rather a continuation of a problem that plagues many superhero (and indeed just modern action) movies: it's too long.

The film clocks in at 2h21m - in DCEU terms, that's roughly around the same length as Man of Steel - and it seems that running time is a bit of a drawback for the movie.

Metro US note that "it's a little long," while Variety expand on the issue in a little more detail, saying: "Approaching 2½ hours in length, Wonder Woman does fall victim to a fair bit of blockbuster bloat."

It doesn't sound like too much of a major issue, but is yet another superhero film that could do with a bit of extra cutting.