Are you tired of the multiverse? The Marvel Cinematic Universe? The universe in general? Do we have a movie for you — as long as you’re down for a movie that ridicules those things while also being kind of reverential about them???

There’s really only one Marvel character who could handle such an assignment: the fourth-wall-breaking, wise-cracking, foul-mouthed Deadpool. But the part Ryan Reynolds was born to play is only half of the cinematic equation in the latest MCU offering. Hugh “I’ll never play Wolverine again” Jackman is, of course, back as Wolverine to provide the gravitas to Reynolds’ goofiness — a balancing act that gets a lot of attention from Dori and Kpolly in this episode.

That’s really what the success or failure of Deadpool & Wolverine rides on. If it’s too smarmy and self-referential, there’s no substance for Wolverine to dig his adamantium into. If it’s too substantial, then we’re missing out on the smarm of a Deadpool movie. For one of our Cinebuds, the movie got it just about right.

Produced and edited by Marcus Doucette