Green Lantern (2011)

Green Lantern rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb5.5/10· 308K votes

Rotten Tomatoes26%

Metacritic39%

TMDb5.186/10· 8K votes

With 26% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.5/10 on IMDb and 39/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Green Lantern

For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

Cast of Green Lantern

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  Ryan Reynolds

  as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern

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  Blake Lively

  as Carol Ferris

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  Peter Sarsgaard

  as Hector Hammond

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  Mark Strong

  as Sinestro

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  Tim Robbins

  as Senator Hammond

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  Angela Bassett

  as Dr. Amanda Waller

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  Taika Waititi

  as Tom Kalmaku

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  Temuera Morrison

  as Abin Sur

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  Michael Clarke Duncan

  as Kilowog (voice)

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  Geoffrey Rush

  as Tomar-Re (voice)

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  Clancy Brown

  as Parallax (voice)

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  Jay O. Sanders

  as Carl Ferris

Green Lantern facts

Budget

$200M

Box office

$219.9M

Our take on Green Lantern

Martin Campbell's 2011 comic-book adventure introduces the Green Lantern Corps, an ancient interstellar force of warriors sworn to keep order, each wearing a ring that grants superpowers. When a new threat called Parallax menaces the balance of power across the universe, the fate of Earth falls to the first human ever recruited. This is broad, effects-driven science fiction pitched at fans of superhero origin stories and cosmic scale rather than grounded drama. Expect world-building, ring-conjured spectacle and a hero learning to wield unfamiliar power. It suits viewers who want a colourful, uncomplicated space adventure and don't mind that the emphasis sits on scope and spectacle over subtlety.