Hulk
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Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
What critics thought
Ang Lee's Hulk landed as a genuinely divisive film on release — critics who wanted a popcorn smash-up found it ponderous and joyless, while those willing to engage with its old-school Freudian psychology and visual experimentation considered it one of the more ambitious blockbusters in years. Audience reception was cooler than critical, and the gap has narrowed over time as retrospective writers have championed it as a formally daring 'road not taken' in superhero filmmaking — a reappraisal the original mixed-to-positive critical consensus never quite predicted.
“Ang Lee is trying to actually deal with the issues in the story of the Hulk, instead of simply cutting to brainless visual effects.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“the film is more thoughtful and pleasing to the eye than any blockbuster in recent memory, but its epic length comes without an epic reward.”
Mick LaSalle·San Francisco Chronicle
“a big-budget comic-book adaptation has rarely felt so humorless and intellectually defensive about its own pulpy roots.”
Lisa Schwarzbaum·Entertainment Weekly
“pretty bizarre... in its old-school Freudian psychology, but interesting for that reason”
Matt Zoller Seitz·IndieWire
“a genuinely great example of cinematic pop art that deserves a reappraisal”
Peter Sobczynski·RogerEbert.com
Genres
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
Cast & Crew
Ang LeeDirector
Eric BanaBruce Banner
Jennifer ConnellyBetty Ross
Sam ElliottRoss
Josh LucasTalbot
Nick NolteFather
Paul KerseyYoung David Banner
Todd TesenYoung Ross
Cara BuonoEdith Banner
Kevin RankinHarper
Celia WestonMrs. Krenzler
Mike ErwinTeenage Bruce Banner
Lou FerrignoSecurity Guard
Danny ElfmanComposer
Mychael DannaComposer
James SchamusWriter
Michael FranceWriter
Frederick ElmesCinematographyHulk
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
What critics thought
Ang Lee's Hulk landed as a genuinely divisive film on release — critics who wanted a popcorn smash-up found it ponderous and joyless, while those willing to engage with its old-school Freudian psychology and visual experimentation considered it one of the more ambitious blockbusters in years. Audience reception was cooler than critical, and the gap has narrowed over time as retrospective writers have championed it as a formally daring 'road not taken' in superhero filmmaking — a reappraisal the original mixed-to-positive critical consensus never quite predicted.
“Ang Lee is trying to actually deal with the issues in the story of the Hulk, instead of simply cutting to brainless visual effects.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“the film is more thoughtful and pleasing to the eye than any blockbuster in recent memory, but its epic length comes without an epic reward.”
Mick LaSalle·San Francisco Chronicle
“a big-budget comic-book adaptation has rarely felt so humorless and intellectually defensive about its own pulpy roots.”
Lisa Schwarzbaum·Entertainment Weekly
“pretty bizarre... in its old-school Freudian psychology, but interesting for that reason”
Matt Zoller Seitz·IndieWire
“a genuinely great example of cinematic pop art that deserves a reappraisal”
Peter Sobczynski·RogerEbert.com
Genres
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
Cast & Crew
Ang LeeDirectorEric BanaBruce BannerJennifer ConnellyBetty RossSam ElliottRossJosh LucasTalbotNick NolteFatherPaul KerseyYoung David BannerTodd TesenYoung RossCara BuonoEdith BannerKevin RankinHarperCelia WestonMrs. KrenzlerMike ErwinTeenage Bruce BannerLou FerrignoSecurity GuardDanny ElfmanComposerMychael DannaComposerJames SchamusWriterMichael FranceWriterFrederick ElmesCinematographyStream
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