Overnight the review embargo has lifted on Venom. At the time of writing the movie holds a score of 30% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes based on the first 27 reviews released (8 fresh vs. 19 rotten).
We will always encourage you to go see a movie and make up your own mind. But until then here’s a roundup of some of the major reviews.
Indiewire
This radically different approach will surely be jarring to some, but the fact that this movie could never exist in the same world as “Captain America: Civil War” despite hailing from the same brand of comics is part of its charm. [Grade: B]
LA Times
“Venom” feels like pretty weak poison.
Hollywood Reporter
A significant problem in a film full of them is that Eddie comes off as a dope, an eager dufus hardly convincing as a boundary-pushing journo or someone who can out-think a titan of technology.
Entertainment Weekly
It never rises above bombastic and busy – which is something I never thought I’d say about a movie starring three aces like Hardy, Ahmed, and Williams. [Grade: C+]
Variety
“Venom” is a textbook case of a comic-book film that’s unexciting in its ho-hum competence, and even its visual-effects bravura.
Venom hits cinemas across the UK today. It’s worldwide release arrives on Friday, October 5.
One of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex and badass characters comes to the big screen, starring Academy Award® nominated actor Tom Hardy as the lethal protector Venom.
Venom stars Tom Hardy in the lead role. Supporting cast includes Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, Reid Scott and Woody Harrelson. The film is directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) from a script by Scott Rosenberg & Jeff Pinkner. Executive producers are David Householter, the legendary Stan Lee and Kelly Marcel.
The film arrives in cinemas October 5, 2018! For more check out our Venom archive here!
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