The Avengers

Hosted by Joe Morgenstern May. 04, 2012 Entertainment

What if Marvel gave a party and everybody came? Joe Morgenstern on Joss Whedon’s "fitfully enjoyable convocation of Marvel's comic book superheroes..."

What if Marvel gave a party and everybody came? That's the organizing principle of The Avengers, Marvel's much-anticipated, hugely hyped, immensely expensive and fitfully enjoyable convocation of comic book superheroes.

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