Once Upon a Deadpool

2018 Directed by David Leitch

Yule believe in miracles

A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2 as a Princess Bride-esque story that's full of magic, wonder & zero F's.

Ryan Reynolds Josh Brolin Fred Savage Morena Baccarin Julian Dennison Zazie Beetz T. J. Miller Brianna Hildebrand Jack Kesy Sala Baker Stefan Kapičić Andre Tricoteux Leslie Uggams Karan Soni Eddie Marsan Robert Maillet Hayley Sales Islie Hirvonen Shiori Kutsuna Terry Crews Lewis Tan Bill Skarsgård Rob Delaney Brad Pitt James McAvoy Nicholas Hoult Evan Peters Tye Sheridan Alexandra Shipp Show All…

Alternative Titles

원스 어폰 어 데드풀, Erase una vez un Deadpool, Був собі Дедпул, Érase una vez un Deadpool, Deadpool 2 - Es war einmal ein Deadpool

action comedy

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Popular reviews

Review by Matt Singer ★★½

Definitely a step down from the original (which wasn’t all that great to begin with), but respect to whoever decided to spruce up an airplane cut of Deadpool 2 with a couple wraparound scenes and sell it to the audience a second time with the trolling title Once Upon a Deadpool. Major “I’m not even mad, that’s amazing” vibes right there.
More on the changes at ScreenCrush.
Review by <Todd> ★★★½

"As you wish" - Peter Falk (NIF)
If you want to evaluate it as a movie alone then no it is not as good, but I give this film kudos for becoming a movie with the ability to comment on itself, respond to haters, and troll the MPAA at the same time.
I honestly can't think of a funnier way to taunt the people that hate Deadpool than to create a movie that comes out later in the same year, which is almost literally the exact same movie, that references itself but also puts it into the context of a meta-reference to a movie that came out over 30 years ago. Having Fred Savage represent the angst of Deadpool haters…
Review by Justin Peterson ★★★★½

Despite the first part of this movie being even more all over the place, the humor surprisingly worked a lot more for me on this rewatch.
"Kind of prefer Marvel movies ... We are Marvel ... Yeah, you know, but you’re Marvel licensed by Fox. It’s like if The Beatles were produced by Nickelback. It’s music, but it sucks .... You were nicer as a kid!"
It is hilarious to hear how self aware this updated version gets as Fred Savage and Deadpool poke fun at some of the tropes and short cuts the script leans on. And honestly I did not mind the PG-13 rating at all, and my kids got to see what Dead Pool was all about. But I would say it is definitely a strong PG-13 with its language and sexual content.
Here is the link to my original Deadpool 2 review. https://letterboxd.com/petersonj198/film/deadpool-2/
Thanks for reading.
Happy movie watching .... cheers!
Review by LeSchroeck ★★½ 4

Immerhin ist "Take on me" wieder mit drin. Und über ein paar neue Momente musste ich schmunzeln. Ansonsten erschließt sich mir aber nicht so ganz der Sinn, so viele und dann auch noch gute (Meta-)Gags mittels der Fred Savage-Szenen zu erklären. Oder dem Film das zu nehmen, weshalb ich ihn als 12-Jähriger gerade erst hätte sehen wollen: die Gewalt. Kurzum: nettes, zerstückeltes und unnötiges Bonbon, für das man eigentlich kein Extrageld verlangen darf. Für einen Nachmittag krank im Bett hat's aber gereicht.
Review by Diamondbolt ★★½

I'm still not quite sure why I just willingly watched a censored cut of a movie
Review by Chris Evangelista ★★ 3

There's no reason for this to exist.
Review by Irwan Nur Rizqi ★★½ 3

The way they criticize their own movie here is a big plus. But this counted as third or fourth times I've watched and I was kinda bored. The sequences between Deadpool and Fred Savage are a delight. And Zazie Beetz is still cute as hell, so, whatever Ryan.
At least Julian Dennison can finally watch this movie.
Review by Connor Carey ★★★

Not entirely sure how to rate or review this but I'll give it a go. I definitely wouldn't suggest paying money to see this as it's literally "Deadpool 2" with a PG-13 rating and about 10 minutes of additional footage. While that PG-13 rating definitely hurts a few scenes it works for the most part. However the Fred Savage stuff is hilarious and I love "Deadpool 2" so I enjoyed watching "Once Upon a Deadpool". It would've worked better as a Blu-Ray special feature but I didn't leave the theater mad that I paid for this.
Review by Jacob ★★★ 2

It’s literally just Deadpool 2 with about 7-10 minutes of new content at most, but somehow, I liked it better? The Fred Savage framing device is poorly introduced yet recovers well. One of my favorite bits in the movie happens in one of these new scenes. I can stomach the vulgarity of this series, but the re-dubbing here with less abrasive dialogue actually felt pretty natural. Some of the jokes lose their impact, though most go unchanged. Certain gags are actually cut out all together, and as someone who thinks these movies are usually too dense, it really improved the pace for me.
No clue who this is actually for, since it’s not enough new material for most people to want…
Review by ellie ✨ ★★★

all cinematic ellies are lesbians and i love it
Review by Milky Cybart ★★★ 1

The pg13 dubbing over the swears is very obvious and is less fun without the gore making these Deadpool films unique.
Still the same movie, still as good and enjoyable.
The Stan Lee cameo at the very end was heartbreaking
Review by Ayden The NinjaPirateBear ★★★

I'm not putting this into any of my lists except my "All films I watched in 2019" list because this is literally just a heavily-edited version of Deadpool 2. I knew that going into it so it's fine I guess, but I am surprised at just how heavily edited some scenes were and also how many dirty jokes were allowed to stay.
Like, I knew this would have to be heavily edited, but I figured maybe they'd reshoot a couple of scenes. Instead we get some incredibly obvious dubbed in lines and action sequences that have no punch due to how they're edited.
Admittedly, I liked the Fred Savage scenes. It was hilarious that they called out all of their…

Recent reviews

Review by hankystooopid ★★★

Cash grab
Review by Rob Hill ★★★½

Definitely improved on the rewatch for me. The Princess Bride tie in was brilliant, and I believe this film is better than the sequel it is distilled from.
The meta jokes and 4th wall breaks all work. Ryan Reynolds remains the only person who could ever be Deadpool, and Brolin was pretty perfect as Cable.
Also, Domino is a delight.
Review by Tommy ★★★

This is a strange one to review. It's just Deadpool 2 edited to be PG-13, with some Fred Savage footage thrown in as a callback to The Princess Bride. I really liked Deadpool 2, so I really enjoyed this, but it feels a bit pointless. It felt like I was just rewatching Deadpool 2, and most of that films strengths are present here, making this enjoyable. The editing is noticable here at times, but they do a surprisingly good job editing the movie to PG-13 without sacrificing the narrative or humor. This is PG-13, but all the humor is intact here, making it frequently feel like a movie kids shouldn't be watching despite the rating. The Fred Savage stuff here…
Review by k <3 ★★★★

still funny
Review by RiderNexus ★★★

Somewhere between all 3 versions of Deadpool 2 is the definitive version waiting to be found
Review by Evan ★★★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

This was my first deadpool movie and i really liked it. No f-bombs, less nudity and sex references, and less gore, and the same story with some special footage and fred savage. Everything i could want. A movie doesnt require gore, inappropriate language and sex references to be good, it just needs good acting and a good story, and this is what this film brought.
Review by Nicolas Medina ★½

Gaste plata en comprar esta película al pedo. Le doy más que el mínimo por que el material original sigue siendo el mismo.
Review by Ash Floren Jay ★★★

It took me way too long to realize that this was one giant Princess Bride reference.
Review by Edmund Snow ★★

A PG-13 mix of the theatrical and super-duper cut with Fred Savage princess bride type scenes interspersed. This lessened my enjoyment of Deadpool 2.
Review by hughmoc ★★½

Some funny moments. Loved Fred Savage. Juggernaut, Cable, and Domino looked amazing.
Probably too long. But a fine way to waste some time.
Review by Nadine Gonzales ★★★

As a longtime moviegoer who enjoys watching a lot of superhero movies, Deadpool has to be one of the most entertaining films there is!
Soo....why in the world does a PG-13 edition for the sequel even existed at all in the first place? I once rented this film from Redbox thinking that it was some kind of short spin-off or whatever, but it’s basically just the same old tale of Deadpool 2, but with the violence edited out.
So if you’ve already seen both Deadpool movies, you’re not exactly missing out on this one! The only thing that makes this different is Deadpool is in some parody sequences with Fred Savage as a spoof version of The Princess Bride!
So yeah, if you love Deadpool and you already know how both films go, there’s no need to see it! Which is odd only the sequel gets the PG-13, but the first film does not!
Review by Brandon Barkley ★★½

I preferred this to the original version.