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Avengers Reviewshttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/marvels_the_avengers/reviews/?type=top_critics
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APhttp://www.dailytribune.com/article/20120424/ENTERTAINMENT05/120429812/review-have-a-blast-with-avengers--Christy LemirefThor, Cap♣ 420There’s also master assassin Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and super spy Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson). ... a great deal of time is spent having them talk a lot of trash and square off against one another to prove who’s toughest. There’s Iron Man vs. Thor, Thor vs. The Hulk, Hawkeye vs. Black Widow and so on
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Arizona Republichttp://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2012/04/30/20120430the-avengers-movie-review-goodykoontz.htmlBill GoodykoontzmCap, IM♣In addition to Stark, Fury and Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) call on the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson)…
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Boston Globehttp://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2012/05/03/action_packed/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Movie+newsWesley Morrismall (video)♣The movies that were devoted to individual stars – Iron Man, the Hulk, Captain America, Thor – were made, in part, as setups for this one, which give side players like Jackson and Johansson much more to do.
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Chicago Readerhttp://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-avengers/Film?oid=5817188Ben Sachsmall (poster)◌unmentioned
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Chicago Tribunehttp://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/sc-mov-0501-avengers-20120502,0,2194875.columnMichael Phillipsmall (video)♣the leather-clad assassin Black Widow..."Iron Man 2" colleague Black Widow, played by Scarlett Johansson, joins the fight against Loki ...Black Widow against the evil version of Hawkeye; and so forth.
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Christian Science Monitorhttp://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2012/0503/The-Avengers-movie-review-trailerPeter RainermCap, IM◌unmentioned
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CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/05/03/showbiz/movies/avengers-review-charity/index.htmlTom Charitymall (video)♥Whedon also crafts a couple of choice scenes beautifully tailored for Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow, a far more interesting character here than she appeared to be in "Iron Man 2."
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Dallas Morning Newshttp://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/20120502-the-avengers-assembles-an-expensive-but-ultimately-quite-charming-marvel-mash-up-b.eceChris Vognarmall (video)◌unmentioned
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Denver Posthttp://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_20534501/movie-review-marvels-avengers-earns-superhero-welcomeLisa KennedyfBW♥Among the best surprises here is Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow. Leave it to Whedon, creator of Buffy, slayer of vampires, to give us a heroine who could be the rightful descendent of a different Avenger, Emma Peel. That said, Whedon and cinematographer Seamus McGarvey owe a debt to Jean-Luc Godard's "Contempt" because they exhibit anything but disregard toward Black Widow's posterior, which gets the Brigitte Bardot treatment.
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Detroit Newshttp://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120503/ENT02/205030403/1034Tom Longmall (video)♣ 420And who gets to tussle with the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo)? Poor little nonsuper human Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson). Ouch.
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Eberthttp://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120502/REVIEWS/120509997Roger EbertmThor, Cap♣ 420Then there's Natasha (Scarlett Johansson), aka the Black Widow. After seeing the film, I discussed her with movie critics from Brazil and India, and we were unable to come up with a satisfactory explanation for her superpowers; it seems she is merely a martial artist with good aim with weapons.
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EWhttp://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133_20587608,00.htmlOwen Gleibermanmposter♣ 420the ninja twirler Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson, with not enough to do)
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Film.comhttp://www.film.com/movies/review-the-avengers-smashes-everything-in-sightLaremy LegalmThor, BW♠ ♥There’s an awful lot of expository set-up that doesn’t serve the viewing audience well. Who cares where Black Widow is from…? Furthermore, even though Scar-Jo’s Widow backstory wasn’t needed, she’s otherwise strong, bringing a much needed female presence to the team.
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Globe & Mailhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/the-avengers-is-both-a-marvel-and-not/article2419534/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Movies&utm_content=2419534Rick GroenmIM♠ 420As for the lesser luminaries recruited to round out the all-star team, he had high hopes for Black Widow. But his youthful hormones, poised to rage at the mere sight of Scarlett Johansson in martial arts gear, remained disappointingly unstirred. In the token sexy female department, Scarlett was a pale pink at best. He might have felt similarly about Gwyneth Paltrow, but blinked and missed her fleeting cameo. [N.B. 'he' is the reviewer's 'inner kid' as contrasted with the 'outer crank'.
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Hollywood Reporterhttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/avengers-film-review-robert-downey-jr-scarlett-johansson-samuel-l-jackson-314291Todd McCarthymCap, IM♣Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlet Johansson), a sultry, scarlet-haired assassin first seen turning the tables on nasty interrogators despite being strapped to a chair
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LA Timeshttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-avengers-20120503,0,1815592.story?track=rssKenneth Turanmall (video)♣...mobilize agents like the deadly Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) into full combat mode.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Servicehttp://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/05/03/2802021/movie-review-the-avengers.htmlRoger MooremCap, Thor♣...the “issues” between the assassins Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye…
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Minneapolis Star-Tribunehttp://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/149911855.htmlColin Covertmall (video)♥He elevates problematic characters, making the non-superpowered spy Black Widow the driving force of many sequences… and secret agent Black Widow's Bourne-like remorse for her ruthless past. The best parts of Scarlett Johansson's performance as Black Widow belong to her kung fu stunt double. Beautiful and stiff as a board, she is the Keanu Reeves of actresses.
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MSN Movieshttp://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-critic-reviews/marvel's-the-avengers.1/Glenn Kennymall (video)♠ ♥Further pro-forma moves come with the in media res re-intro of Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow: Oooh, look, she's tied to a chair and being tortured by ... Jerzy Skolimowski? Why, yes, Jerzy Skolimowski ... but bet she's just playing possum, yup, she is, and look at her go.
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New York Daily Newshttp://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/movie-review-avengers-article-1.1068803?localLinksEnabled=falseJoe Neumaiermall six♣...S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, including Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), kick-start the Avengers Initiative…
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New York Posthttp://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/team_come_true_iCRRClerujwyXojw5Cg5zMKyle Smithmall (video)♣...and Black Widow’s (Scarlett Johansson) recruitment of Bruce Banner...
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New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/movies/robert-downey-jr-in-the-avengers-directed-by-joss-whedon.html?_r=2&smid=tw-nytimesmovies&seid=autoA.O. ScottmCap, BW, Hawkeye♣...those poor souls who cherish old daydreams of Diana Rigg in leather will have to console themselves with images of Scarlett Johansson in a black bodysuit. ...as well as Ms. Johansson’s Black Widow.
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New Yorkerhttp://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2012/05/14/120514crci_cinema_laneAnthony Lanem…picture of action figures. It's the New Yorker♠ 420...not to be left out, Black Widow repels invading aliens through the sheer force of her corsetry…
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Newark Star-Ledgerhttp://www.nj.com/entertainment/movies/index.ssf/2012/05/the_avengers_review_marvel_comics.htmlStephen WittymCap, Thor (header) Hawkeye & BW in lower image!♣One sort-of hero here, the agent Black Widow, comes from “Iron Man 2”...Add the real-life sex appeal of Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner as Black Widow and Hawkeye…
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Newsdayhttp://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/marvel-s-the-avengers-is-marvelous-1.3692708Rafer GuzmanmBW♥Scarlett Johansson's slippery Black Widow is a more engaging newcomer than Jeremy Renner's humorless Hawkeye
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NewYorkhttp://nymag.com/movies/reviews/avengers-five-year-engagement-2012-5/David EdelsteinmThor, Cap♥Or Johansson, who comes into her own. Over the years, Johansson’s once-refreshing self-confidence has become an irritant (the vibe is now snobbish), but her Natasha Romanoff–Black Widow is a treat, her deadpan prickling with rage and hurt.
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NPRhttp://www.npr.org/2012/05/03/151937768/the-avengers-superheroic-popcorn-fun-at-its-best?ft=1&f=1045Bob Mondello mall six♣ 420a couple of superpower-challenged assassins who've not had their own movies (yet): ace archer Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and martial-arts tyro Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson).
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Philadelphia Inquirerhttp://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20120503__ldquo_The_Avengers_rdquo__gang_opens_summer_movie_season.htmlSteven ReamCap, Thor♣...good enough to watch Scarlett Johansson clench her brow as she strides purposefully toward the camera in Ninja garb…
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ReelViewshttp://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=2463James Berardinellimall (box cover)♣Scarlett Johansson reprises her secondary role from Iron Man 2.
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Rolling Stonehttp://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-avengers-20120430Peter TraversmBW♥Natasha, a.k.a. the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), a killer in gymnastics and martial arts. Johansson has a terrific bit dispatching some Russian goons with her hands literally tied behind her back.
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Salonhttp://www.salon.com/2012/05/02/the_avengers_will_superhero_movies_never_end/Andrew O'Hehir mThor, Cap♠ 420Or Scarlett Johansson in a catsuit, as superspy Natasha Romanoff, cocking her head just so as if to acknowledge that she’s the idealized fetish object of the 11-year-old boy within every so-called adult male.
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San Francisco Chroniclehttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/03/DD931OCCAG.DTLAmy BiancollifCap, Thor♣Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), the ass-kicking superspy in a cat suit
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San Jose Mercury Newshttp://www.mercurynews.com/movies-dvd/ci_20517094/review-marvels-avengers-does-it-right?source=rssRandy Myersmall six (slideshow)♣Scarlett Johansson is sexy and tough as the cunning and acrobatic Black Widow.
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Slatehttp://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2012/05/the_avengers_directed_by_joss_whedon_reviewed_.htmlDana StevensfHawkeye, Cap, BW♣Others, like the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) are more like super-spies than superheroes, black-ops specialists with highly developed fighting skills but no special powers.
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The Atlantichttp://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/05/the-astonishing-avengers/256719/Christopher OrrmCap, Thor♣...the wounded guile of Natasha Romanoff (sometimes known as Black Widow)...Scarlett Johansson (whose Black Widow is far more interesting than she was in Iron Man 2)…
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Timehttp://entertainment.time.com/2012/04/25/marvels-the-avengers-a-superhero-roundup-thats-almost-super/Richard CorlissmHawkeye, Cap, BW♥ 420In Marvel-land, there are always, and almost only, men. A cosmos created and illustrated by comic-book guys for comic-book boys, and brought to the screen by later platoons of males, is by definition homoheroic if not homoerotic. The movie’s tenderest relationship is between Captain America and his No. 1 fan, S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg), who asks nothing more than that the good Captain autograph the Agent’s superhero card set. There’s little room for women, except of the cartoon variety: the nasty spy Natasha, first seen in Madonna bustier and high heels, manacled to a chair in a sadistic interrogation. That she uses all these elements to secure her freedom is a nice Whedon touch, but also a tribute to the seductive gravity Johansson lends to her character. <p>At the end Natasha shows she’s a good soldier, vanquishing a regiment of cyborg soldiers and fighting off Loki’s biggest weapon
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Toronto Starhttp://www.toronto.com/article/725824--the-avengers-review-superheroes-will-unite-the-audiencePeter HowellmCap, BW, Hawkeye♣Also new to the team and the evolving Avengers narrative are Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow, a lethal gymnast who demonstrates early on that a chair makes a dandy weapon...or when Romanoff and Banner teasingly hint at a black-on-green tangle that doesn’t involve their super alter-egos
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USA Todayhttp://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/story/2012-05-03/marvel-the-avengers/54705328/1?csp=34life&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UsatodaycomMovies-TopStories+%28Life+-+Movies+-+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+ReaderClaudia Puigfall (video)♣...the sly fearlessness of Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson)…
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Varietyhttp://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947410?refcatid=31Justin ChangmCap, Thor♥That includes Fury's whip-smart operative, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), who more than holds her own amid all the chrome and testosterone, and gets more of a chance to flesh out her troubled backstory here than she did in "Iron Man 2." Specifically, she has a vested interest in breaking the spell Loki has placed on her old ally, Clint Barton/Hawkeye...
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Village Voicehttp://www.villagevoice.com/2012-05-02/film/superheroes-bump-superegos-in-joss-whedon-s-all-star-avengers/Karina LongworthfCap, Thor♥With the help of ass-kicking all-purpose Girl Friday Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson)...Johansson, reprising her role from Iron Man 2, is the only actress given any sort of inner life to work with. The Avengers hints that this former Russian spy with "a very specific skill set" has a complicated backstory—sordid and shameful, perhaps, but also rife with transformative drama, suggesting an arc that's much more interesting than anything the characters travel here. ...The long, technically bravura sequence is given dramatic tension only by occasional scraps of dialogue, such as a two-line exchange between Natasha and Barton over a job they worked in Budapest, alluding to the mysterious lives they'd all been leading before this movie.
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Wall Street Journalhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303916904577378881752158826.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_readJoe Morgensternmall (video)♠ 420Jeremy Renner, as Hawkeye, and Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, fill out the sextet without adding much pizazz; Black Widow spends lots of time looking puzzled or confused.
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Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/marvels-the-avengers,1059548/critic-review.html#reviewNum1Ann Hornadayfall (poster)♣Hawkeye - whose complicated back story with Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow forms another fractious subplot…
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