“Deadpool & Wolverine” is a love letter to the Fox Marvel movies.

From start to finish, there are moments that will make you point at the screen and smile like that Leonardo DiCaprio meme that everyone loves to share from “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” And I can’t say too much more about those moments because I don’t want to spoil anything.

As someone who loved the 2000s AND 2010s X-Men movies, this movie was an effing treat. Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine matches Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool barb for barb and stab for stab.

I have not laughed so hard at film one liners and sight gags in a long time, and I came out of the movie smiling.

However, if you’re wanting something more than the Fox Marvel memories, Deadpool’s signature snark and one bloody fight scene after another, you will probably be disappointed.

I will say the plot is the weakest aspect of the “Deadpool and Wolverine.”

Instead of going further into the stories of Deadpool’s life and backstory, this movie is mostly a bunch of fight scenes and nostalgia thinly strung together with a plot that runs alongside the Disney+ show “Loki,” with the plot centering on the TVA (Time Variance Authority) and, to introduce a new character, Matthew Macfadyen’s Paradox.

The good news is you don’t need to have seen “Loki” to get what’s going on in the film, but it does add a little context if you have. Luckily for me, I just finished season two of the show this summer, so it was fresh in my mind.

I will also say that if you’re just coming for Jackman and/or as an X-Men fan, it’s not entirely necessary for you to have seen the previous “Deadpool” movies, either, which I thought was interesting. I missed the character development of the people in Deadpool’s orbit. While there was some, it at times felt like an afterthought.

I adored Emma Corrin in “The Crown” and other smaller film roles I’ve seen them in, but they honestly feel wasted here as Cassandra Nova, one of the bad guys Deadpool and Wolverine go up against. For me, Corrin is at their most compelling in their subdued, simmering moments, and in this movie, they don’t get many of those opportunities. It is a big, boastful role, and while, yes, I know this is a comic book movie, their performance comes off just a little too cartoonish.

Ultimately, “Deadpool and Wolverine” feels very unbalanced. The plot is not strong and most of the new characters are forgettable, but a lot of the usual Deadpool schtick and some unforgettable callbacks to the Fox Marvel universe will be on my mind for months and maybe years to come.

A final footnote: If you’re going to “Deadpool & Wolverine” for the Fox Marvel nostalgia, be sure to stay until the end of the credits.

Rating: 3/5