After a curious delay, the initial Rotten Tomatoes score for Warner Bros.’ hotly anticipated comic book epic Justice League have been released—and it’s not great.
After the first round of reviews, it’s sitting at 40 percent—that’s a little better than Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (27 percent) and Suicide Squad (26 percent)—but much lower than many Marvel recent releases, which tend to do relatively well with critics.
Here are a few phrases used by “top critics” to describe the movie: “erratic and fatigue-inducing,” “dialogue scenes framed for maximum awkwardness,” “a cobbled-together mess,” “ level your expectations to the league minimum,” “alf-formed, overstuffed, and narratively a chore.”
No one tell Batman: