📈 Deadpool and Wolverine Is the Toy Story 2 of Superhero Movies

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The worst thing about the Deadpool movies isn’t their incessant snark or their edgelord posturing, the way Ryan Reynolds can’t seem to go more than a minute without winking at the camera or making some mildly off-color joke with the smug satisfaction of a naughty schoolboy. It’s their naked sentimentality, the way all that reflexive irony gives way to bumper-sticker bromides like “Family isn’t an F-word” and “The worst part about cancer isn’t what it does to you, but what it does to the people you love.” Sure, Wade Wilson, Reynolds’ “merc with a mouth,” is a professional killer who slices up people for fun and profit, but deep down, he’s just a big softie.

Slate     Jul 25, 2024