The Avengers
20122h 23mU/A · CBFCPG-13 · MPAA
Directed by Joss Whedon · Starring Robert Downey Jr. & Chris Evans
91%Rotten Tomatoes8.0IMDb69Metacritic
Earth's mightiest heroes — Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye — must band together to stop a global threat.
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— Critical consensus, summarised
Joss Whedon's franchise-defining superhero team-up that critics widely embraced — the shawarma joke, the New York battle, and the Mark Ruffalo Hulk reveal made it the cultural event of its year. Set the template the MCU has run on for a decade-plus.
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