Name : Frank Scheck / Alias : Hollywood Reporter
It's not so much the plot or themes of the film that's the problem as the ham-fisted execution.

Name : Vadim Rizov / Alias : AV Club
Much of what follows is turgid and, for non-believers, ridiculous.

Name : Tom Keogh / Alias : Seattle Times
A Christian faith-based drama with fire, good performances and a nice luster to its look and feel, "War Room" is an engaging film that derails itself only when the story occasionally stops for protracted preaching.

Name : Tom Russo / Alias : Boston Globe
The first couple of acts of the Kendricks' latest, "War Room," are so heavy on broad pulpit pounding that it's challenging to get swept along by the story's message.

Name : Michael Rechtshaffen / Alias : Los Angeles Times
[A] Bible study class of a feature film .

Name : Joe Leydon / Alias : Variety
By far the most slickly produced and insistently evangelical movie yet from the sibling team of Alex and Stephen Kendrick.

Name : Soren Anderson / Alias : Seattle Times
Who emerges as the winner of this "Civil War"? The audience. The picture delivers in a big, big way.

Name : A.O. Scott / Alias : New York Times
"Captain America: Civil War" does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn't really try.

Name : Calvin Wilson / Alias : St. Louis Post-Dispatch
To the short list of superhero flicks that exceed expectations, add "Captain America: Civil War."

Name : Kenneth Turan / Alias : Los Angeles Times
If you live and breathe Marvel, this is one of the MCU's stronger offerings. If you are a spy coming in from the cold, the answer is not so clear.

Name : Matthew Lickona / Alias : San Diego Reader
Mostly, this one registers as sound and fury, signifying sequels.

Name : Chris Nashawaty / Alias : Entertainment Weekly
Plotwise, there's a lot of ground to cover in Civil War (even at two-and-a-half hours). But the Russos juggle all of the murky motivations and shifting alliances with impressive deftness.

Name : Christopher Orr / Alias : The Atlantic
As they did in Winter Soldier, the Russos have achieved an uncommon balance of plot and action, humor and drama, all of it once again deeply grounded in character.

Name : Rafer Guzman / Alias : Newsday
The third "Captain America" film entertains relentlessly, which is to say loudly and busily, but with enough humor and intelligence to make it seem less pandering than it actually is.

Name : Tony Hicks / Alias : San Jose Mercury News
In the race with DC Comics, Marvel still comes out on top when it comes to fun.

Name : Mick LaSalle / Alias : San Francisco Chronicle
Downey is enough to make you think that an Avengers movie with no action at all might still be good. It might even be an improvement.

Name : Christy Lemire / Alias : ChristyLemire.com
The fact that a Marvel movie dares to question the big, shiny spectacle that is its bread and butter - and acknowledge that untold thousands die in the name of entertainment - seems rather novel.

Name : Richard Roeper / Alias : Chicago Sun-Times
Kudos to co-directors Anthony and Joe Russo and the team of writers for juggling more than a dozen comic-book characters and nearly that many plot lines, and only occasionally getting us (and by us I mean ME) lost in the Geek Weeds.

Name : Will Leitch / Alias : The New Republic
Civil War is both a Captain America sequel and a third Avengers movie, and that's more than any movie could possibly pull off. It does the best it can, though.

Name : Kyle Smith / Alias : New York Post
After the first two "Captain America" entries, the finest comic-book movies of the last five years, this one is disappointing.

Name : Bilge Ebiri / Alias : Village Voice
These films no longer have to delight and surprise us; no, their job now is to manage the brand, not screw anything up too royally, and keep us hooked for the next installment. Civil War pulls all that off mostly well.

Name : Ann Hornaday / Alias : Washington Post
Suffice it to say that, rather than psychic powers or super-strength, casting has always been the Marvel movies' secret weapon. That holds true here, up to and including charismatic newcomers Chadwick Boseman [and] Tom Holland.

Name : Jamelle Bouie / Alias : Slate
In the end this is a movie about friendships and conflict, and what can happen when the latter overwhelms the former. It's about two genuine heroes who can't reconcile their obligations and duties with the friendship they both cherish.

Name : Stephanie Zacharek / Alias : TIME Magazine
Civil War, at its best, is blessedly light on its superhero-booted feet.

Name : Andrea Gronvall / Alias : Chicago Reader
The players salvage this thing with their acting and awesome thighs, and the fun really kicks in when Spider-Man (Tom Holland), Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) join the squabble in an exhilarating airport sequence.

Name : Michael Phillips / Alias : Chicago Tribune
Nothing in Civil War takes your breath away. Little in story terms is what you'd call daisy fresh. But almost everything in it works on its own prescribed terms, and the quiet moments register.

Name : Tom Huddleston / Alias : Time Out
Packed to bursting with the one ingredient 'Batman v Superman' lacked: joy.

Name : Peter Howell / Alias : Toronto Star
Civil War reminds us it's OK to enjoy a few laughs, even while diabolical villains plot doom, outraged citizens demand accountability and your best pal mistrusts you.

Name : James Berardinelli / Alias : ReelViews
As far as big superhero mash-ups are concerned, this one whets the appetite without providing a satisfying main course.

Name : Lindsey Bahr / Alias : Associated Press
Marvel makes it funny, and that charm and care is what has and will keep audiences coming back over and over again.

Name : Rene Rodriguez / Alias : Miami Herald
The summer movie season has barely begun, and already the remedy for superhero film fatigue has arrived.

Name : Peter Rainer / Alias : Christian Science Monitor
Downey Jr. persists in trying to give a real performance in these Marvel movies, and, against all odds, succeeds.

Name : Brian Lowry / Alias : CNN.com
Simply put, when it comes to juggling multiple superheroes in a single movie, Marvel's latest comes close to setting the standard. And the studio, as well as the villagers, should have cause to rejoice.

Name : Dave White / Alias : TheWrap
Directors Anthony and Joe Russo continue to mine their experience with TV comedies, juggling all the members of their superhero family with a playful touch that both informs character interaction and delivers vital breathing room in between battles.

Name : Justin Chang / Alias : Variety
The most mature and substantive picture to have yet emerged from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Name : Amy Nicholson / Alias : MTV
Captain America: Civil War is a comic book pulped into today's newspaper.

Name : Anthony Lane / Alias : New Yorker
The motto of the directors, Anthony and Joe Russo, appears to be: If you can make it happen, do it. Don't hold back.

Name : Adam Graham / Alias : Detroit News
A house divided against itself cannot stand. But in the case of Captain America: Civil War, a divided house brings out the best in this supersized superhero franchise.

Name : Peter Travers / Alias : Rolling Stone
Sure, it's too much and way too familiar. But Captain America: Civil War brings the fun, the fierce and the fireworks. Summer, we have liftoff.

Name : Bruce Kirkland / Alias : Toronto Sun
If you do not count Guardians of the Galaxy - because it remains an eccentric outlier - Civil War now easily ranks as the best movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Name : Bill Goodykoontz / Alias : Arizona Republic
Fun, happily, is one of the many ingredients in copious supply here. When you include Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, how could it not be? Then again, there isn't a lot of room for him, so he's kind of wedged in there, but it's pretty swell when he's around.

Name : Robert Wilonsky / Alias : Dallas Morning News
A little too rambling at two and a half hours, but otherwise just the right shade of light and bright for a movie about superheroes fighting superheroes.

Name : A.A. Dowd / Alias : AV Club
It does prove, if Marvel hasn't already, that something can be both a load-bearing act of brand extension and a nimble, colorful blast of entertainment.

Name : Joe Morgenstern / Alias : Wall Street Journal
A comic book extravaganza that's enhanced by wit and audacity, not to mention the sort of action that only mountains of money can buy.

Name : Ty Burr / Alias : Boston Globe
The filmmakers . understand that they've built up a vast ensemble of character types, all of them played by better-than-average actors, and that they can mix and match the drama, comedy, or action as they see fit.

Name : Cary Darling / Alias : Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
While it lacks the sense of surprise of [the last film], its mix of action, humor, effects, the introduction of a new character and the reintroduction of an old one strikes just the right tone for a film that is as much about marketing as moviemaking.

Name : Sheri Linden / Alias : Hollywood Reporter
Call it "civil war" or call it brand extension; call it a "cinematic universe" or a corporate behemoth - the latest Marvel extravaganza furthers the studio's cross-pollination of action franchises in a way that's sure to satisfy devotees.

Name : Stephen Whitty / Alias : New York Daily News
Bragging just a bit - see how many franchise characters we've got, DC? - Marvel practically doubles the number of superheroes for this movie. And it's too much.

Name : Mara Reinstein / Alias : Us Weekly
It's a rollicking and action-packed extravaganza in which every superhero has a moment to shine.

Name : David Edelstein / Alias : New York Magazine/Vulture
The best way to think of Captain America: Civil War is as a toy box in which the sheer quantity of toys partly makes up for the lack of anything new.

Name : Colin Covert / Alias : Minneapolis Star Tribune
The most impressive superpower on display in Captain America: Civil War. is the whole team's ability to give an escapist comic book movie an intelligent sense of connection to life in the modern world.

Name : Andrew O'Hehir / Alias : Salon.com
Much of "Captain America: Civil War" is just the laborious working-out of leftover dangling plot elements from "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" two summers ago.

Name : Alison Willmore / Alias : BuzzFeed News
It all escalates into a group showdown that's gloriously fun and genuinely sad, because if you've made it through eight years of Marvel features, you care about these quippy oddballs and their imperfect alliance.

Name : Steven Rea / Alias : Philadelphia Inquirer
With every new installment of the comic book franchise, the scale gets bigger, relationships get trickier, new forces enter the fray.

Name : Barry Hertz / Alias : Globe and Mail
With Civil War, Marvel Studios has proven, once again, that the world's heroes remain in good hands.

Name : Chris Klimek / Alias : NPR
It's the Vibranium standard for super-team flicks.

Name : Brian Truitt / Alias : USA Today
Tear away the powers, abilities and egos, though, and the third Captain America movie is at its core a deep exploration of friendship and family and what sacrifices should be made to hold onto both.