John Carter (2012)

John Carter rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.6/10· 295K votes

Rotten Tomatoes52%

Metacritic51%

TMDb6.4/10· 6K votes

With 52% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 51/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About John Carter

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

Cast of John Carter

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  Taylor Kitsch

  as John Carter

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  Lynn Collins

  as Dejah Thoris

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  Samantha Morton

  as Sola

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  Mark Strong

  as Matai Shang

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  Ciarán Hinds

  as Tardos Mors

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  Dominic West

  as Sab Than

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  James Purefoy

  as Kantos Kan

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  Bryan Cranston

  as Powell

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  Polly Walker

  as Sarkoja

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  Daryl Sabara

  as Edgar Rice Burroughs

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  Thomas Haden Church

  as Tal Hajus

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  Willem Dafoe

  as Tars Tarkas

John Carter facts

Budget

$263.7M

Box office

$284.1M

Our take on John Carter

Andrew Stanton's 2012 adventure sends a war-weary former Civil War captain across space to Barsoom, the film's name for Mars, where a dying world and its people become his unlikely responsibility. Working from pulp roots, Stanton builds a full science-fiction landscape of clashing factions and vast desert vistas, keeping the emphasis on spectacle and a reluctant hero rediscovering purpose. It suits viewers who enjoy old-fashioned planetary adventure with earnest stakes rather than irony, and who don't mind a story that takes its imagined civilization seriously. Approach it as sincere, big-canvas entertainment about a soldier who finds his humanity light-years from home.