Critic Reviews About Doctor Strange

Marvel’s most satisfying entry since “Spider-Man 2,” and a throwback to M. Night Shyamalan’s soul-searching identity-crisis epic “Unbreakable,”.
Peter Debruge
Variety

Benedict Cumberbatch is unpredictable and intriguing as the Marvel superhero in a brain-melting tale that reinvigorates the genre.
Wendy Ide
The Guardian

The giddily enjoyable Doctor Strange is part of Marvel’s strategy for world domination, yet it’s also so visually transfixing, so beautiful and nimble that you may even briefly forget the brand.
Manohla Dargis
The NYTimes

As visually dramatic as that initial automobile wreck may be, it’s nothing compared to the ocular extravaganza that follows.
Michael O’Sullivan
Washington Post

Doctor Strange manages to expand the Marvel Cinematic Universe while also telling a satisfying story in its own isolated corner.
Ben Kendrick
Screen Rant

Visually and conceptually, Doctor Strange owes more to the inverted physics of Inception and the East-meets-West chopsocky of The Matrix trilogy. As storytelling, however, it’s MCU business as usual.
A.A. Dowd
A.V. Club

Marvel’s 14th Cinematic Universe movie has all the usual action and explosions, but it also has a different type of main character — one who’s magical and appealingly flawed but willing to change.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Common Sense Media

Until the big climax—every Marvel movie has to have one—Doctor Strange is relatively quiet and visually beautiful, and some of its effects are wondrous.
Stephanie Zacharek
Time

A bizarre and beautiful detour on the Marvel journey, which culminates in a mind-bending, expectation-inverting final act. Not to be watched under the influence.
James Dyer
Empire
For a long while “Doctor Strange” works both sides of the spiritual street with spectacular success. Then the film becomes what it was sending up so delightfully.
Wall Street Journal