Why Top Gun: Maverick Reviews Are So Positive
Tom Cruise's return to the role of Lt. Pete «Maverick» Mitchell for Top Gun: Maverick takes him back to one of the characters that launched his rise to stardom and is appropriately met with highly positive reviews. The sequel to Top Gun may come 36 years after the 1986 original movie, but that hasn't dampened enthusiasm for Cruise's return to the cockpit of the F-14 Tomcat.
While production on the sequel started back in 2010, the tragic death of returning director Tony Scott put the project on hold before Joseph Kosinski came in as director following his collaboration with Cruise on 2013's Oblivion. Production of Top Gun: Maverick saw significant delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, seeing several release date changes from its original July 2019 to multiple different dates in 2020 and 2021 before finally settling on May 27, 2022.
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Cruise has had a few movies lambasted by critics in the past few years, but for the most part, the superstar is on a bit of a career hot streak, so it shouldn't be a surprise that the return to Top Gun is a highly praised event. While there's a few detractors, the overwhelming majority of critics are praising the film, earning it a 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Here's what they're saying:
- Screen Rant
«Top Gun: Maverick is a rare sequel that is not only better than the original but retroactively makes Top Gun's story altogether deeper.»
- Vanity Fair
«In the vacuum of Maverick’s 130 minute run, a disarming wistfulness, and a friendliness, give interesting shape to what could have been mere pointless rehash.»
- Collider
«Top Gun: Maverick improves upon the original in every conceivable way, and does so in a way that
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