Alison Willmore of Vulture writes, " Thunderbolts*, which is miraculously a pretty good movie, proves that a collection of superhero C-listers can carry the day so long as the actors playing them are good and given something to work with."

The official title of Marvel’s latest movie, Thunderbolts, includes an asterisk (a style choice that is explained by the film itself), and the same symbol could be incorporated into many of the first official reviews.