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===Critical response===
''X-Men: Days of Future Past'' has received acclaim from critics.<ref>{{cite news | last=Gettell | first=Oliver | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-x-men-days-of-future-past-movie-reviews-critics-20140523-story.html | title='X-Men: Days of Future Past': Singer, super cast succeed, reviews say | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=May 23, 2014 | accessdate=May 29, 2014 }}</ref> Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film a 92% approval rating from critics, with an average score of 7.6/10, based on 237 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "''X-Men: Days of Future Past'' combines the best elements of the series to produce a satisfyingly fast-paced outing that ranks among the franchise's finest installments".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/x_men_days_of_future_past/ | title=X-Men: Days of Future Past | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=[[Flixster]] | accessdate=November 8, 2014}}</ref> It is the 8th-highest rated film of 2014 upon their original release on the site.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/?year=2014 | title = Top 100 Movies of 2014 | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=[[Flixster]] | accessdate = December 3, 2014}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 74 based on 43 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/x-men-days-of-future-past | title=X-Men: Days of Future Past | publisher=[[Metacritic]] | accessdate=July 19, 2014}}</ref>
Sean O'Connell of Cinema Blend gave the film four and a half stars out of five, and said that it was "the greatest, most complete and staggeringly entertaining [''X-Men'' film] to date".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/X-Men-Days-of-Future-Past-6836.html|title=X-Men: Days of Future Past Review - CinemaBlend.com|accessdate=4 July 2014|publisher=Cinema Blend}}</ref> [[Empire Magazine]] gave it a four-out-of-five-star review and said it was "The best X-Men film since the second one".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=138033|title=Empire's X-Men: Days of Future Past Movie Review|accessdate=14 June 2014|publisher=[[Empire Magazine]]}}</ref> Mike Avila, CEO of AviLand Productions, said it was "superb" and film critic Kevin McCarthy praised the actors' performances, the action and the emotion.<ref name=Skipper/Yahoo!>{{cite web| url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/early-x-men-reviews-extremely-positive-131700391.html | title=Early X-Men Reviews Extremely Positive| first=Ben| last=Skipper| publisher=[[Yahoo]] | date=8 May 2014 | accessdate=11 May 2014}}</ref> Steve Rose of ''The Guardian'' rated the film three stars out of 5; he said, "Non-devotees might struggle, but director Bryan Singer whips up the action towards a symphonic climax".<ref>{{cite web|author=Steve Rose |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/13/x-men-days-of-future-past-review |title=X-Men: Days of Future Past review - 'like trying to follow two games of chess at once' | Film |publisher=The Guardian |accessdate=May 20, 2014}}</ref> David Rooney of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' said, "While it's more dramatically diffuse than the reboot and lacks a definitive villain, the new film is shot through with a stirring reverence for the Marvel Comics characters and their universe."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/x-men-days-future-past/review/703209 |title=''X-Men: Days of Future Past'' (2014) |author=Rooney, David |publisher=''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' |date=May 12, 2014 |accessdate=May 21, 2014}}</ref> Justin Chang of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said, "If the characters’ quandaries at times feel overly circumscribed, they’re also advanced with a bracing emotional directness, devoid of either cynicism or sentimentalism, that touches genuine chords of feeling over the course of the film’s fleet 130-minute running time".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-x-men-days-of-future-past-1201177971/ |title=Film Review: ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ |author=Chang, Justin |publisher=''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' |date=May 12, 2014 |accessdate=May 21, 2014}}</ref>
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