Reviews:
"Anchored by a solid performance by Hopkins, who has said the story energized him, the Asgard sections are THOR's most substantial..." - 05/06/2011 Los Angeles Times

"Under Kenneth Branagh's direction, THOR has eye-popping special effects, strong performances and, perhaps most notably, 3-D technology put to good use." - 05/06/2011 USA Today

3 stars out of 5 -- "Branagh -- poised for a career comeback with this hybrid of Shakespearean style and summer spectacle -- offers a handsomely-mounted big-screen interpretation of the God of Thunder by way of Marvel Comics..." - 05/03/2011 Box Office

"It restores the innocence of big-budget superhero mythmaking....[THOR] has a stirring emotional core as well." -- Grade: A- - 05/13/2011 Entertainment Weekly

3 stars out of 4 -- "Directed by noted Shakespearean Kenneth Branagh with a class-act grasp of how action works best when it defines character....THOR comes on like thunder, delivering epic fireworks..." - 05/27/2011 Rolling Stone

"[A] magnificent thunderclap of a movie....The picture is grand in the Wagnerian sense, an opus orchestrated by a wild man wielding a movie camera instead of a baton." - 05/05/2011 Movieline

"Chris Hemsworth makes an imposing, good-humoured Thor..." - 07/01/2011 Sight and Sound

"Mr. Hemsworth is a commanding physical presence, and a likable one whenever he's given a chance..." - 06/01/2012 Wall Street Journal