In a surprising maneuver, Marvel/Disney dropped the social media embargo for Captain America: Civil War on April 8th — a full month before the film is set to debut giving us our first look at the next installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
While most movie reviews tend to be published close to the date when a film opens, that timing usually doesn’t reflect when the individual film critic has actually seen the film in question. Most major releases are screened for the press under embargo agreements, by which an outlet agrees to withhold publishing a review until a specific date in exchange for the courtesy of an early viewing. And though review embargos often served a practical purpose in evening the playing field between big and small market outlets, they have also been known to be set up so as to prevent news of a bad movie from getting out too far ahead of its release.
Well no bad news here!
The results? Wildly positive from both fans and critics alike!
While Marvel Studios’ review embargo for “Captain America: Civil War” doesn’t lift until April 13, initial reactions from the critics’ advance screening are lighting up Twitter — and the response is overwhelmingly positive
Critics who saw the film praised Tom Holland’s Spiderman and Chadwick Bosman’s Black Panther, a couple of prominent action scenes, and overall labeled it the best MCU film to date.
Captain America: Civil War opens in U.S. theaters on May 6, 2016, followed by;
Doctor Strange – November 4, 2016
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 – May 5, 2017
Spider-Man – July 7, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok – November 3, 2017
Black Panther – February 16, 2018
The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 – May 4, 2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp– July 6, 2018
Captain Marvel – March 8, 2019
The Avengers: Infinity War Part 2 – May 3, 2019
Inhumans– July 12, 2019
and as-yet untitled Marvel movies on May 1, July 10 and November 6, 2020.