Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.'s work as covered on Movie Habit

• Oppenheimer (2023)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Matt Anderson: Director Christopher Nolan leaves audiences with the mind racing.

• Dolittle (2020)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Matt Anderson: At any given moment, this fragile work feels like it could spin wildly out of control and derail.

• Avengers: Endgame (2019)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Matt Anderson: It's virtually an invitation to go back and explore with fresh eyes all that preceded it.

• Captain America: Civil War (2016)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Robert Denerstein: Opposing groups of Avengers square off in the latest movie from the Marvel Comics storehouse

  Review by Matt Anderson: The second half of this popcorn flick is nearly perfect summer movie magic.

• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Robert Denerstein: Avengers strike again -- but not as deftly

  Review by Matt Anderson: Ultimate enjoyment is reserved the obsessive Marvel-watchers

• The Judge (2014)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Robert Denerstein: Verdict on The Judge: a disappointment

  Review by Matt Anderson: The Judge hears a case for Oscar bait but dismisses it for lack of evidence.

• Chef (2014)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Robert Denerstein: Measured by the "good-time factor," Chef is a success

• The Avengers (2012)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Robert Denerstein: Comic-book movie delivers the goods

• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Matt Anderson: A Game of Shadows starts strong and ends even stronger.

  Review by Robert Denerstein: As a big movie action contraption, it's passable

• Iron Man 2 (2010)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Matt Anderson: Kicks off summer movie season with panache

  Review by Robert Denerstein: 1 was better but 2 will do

• Sherlock Holmes (2009)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Matt Anderson: Brawling, eccentric, and genuinely fun adaptation

• Tropic Thunder (2008)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Matt Anderson

  DVD review by Matt Anderson: Tropic Thunder is almost a top-shelf Blu-ray release

• Iron Man (2008)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Matt Anderson: Quibbles over narrative expediency aside, Iron Man sits with the best of the Marvel movies

  DVD review by Matt Anderson: Iron Man makes a solid Blu-ray debut

• Zodiac (2007)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Matt Anderson: Not until the final hour does that good old-fashioned Hitchcockian paranoia starts to creep in

  DVD review by Matt Anderson: The set's documentaries enhance the experience

• A Scanner Darkly (2006)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Marty Mapes: A wonderfully trippy movie, more about the drugs and paranoia than the plot

• Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Marty Mapes: Standing up to bullies is hard, and not everyone who does stays standing

• Gothika (2003)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Matt Anderson: Skimps on the scares and winds up weak

• The Singing Detective (2003)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Marty Mapes: The Singing Detective is a movie to talk about with friends afterwards

• Wonder Boys (2000)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  Review by Marty Mapes: A well-acted tempest in a teapot

• Chaplin (1992)

  Robert Downey Jr., Actor

  DVD review by Andrea Birgers: Five decades compressed into a feature film yields an episodic whirlwind