"Madame Web" reviews are out | RT: 16% | Metacritic: 29%

[Stan BiSH]

Madame Web

In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing's most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who develops the power to see the future... and realizes she can...

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Madame Web

Forced to confront revelations about her past, Cassandra Webb (Dakota Johnson), a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities, forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures…if they can all survive a deadly present.

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reviews (alternating between "good" and bad ones)

Isn’t going to reverse the ongoing decline of superhero cinema, but unlike some of its notable contemporaries, it’s strong enough to make its intended sequels feel like promises rather than threats. The Film Verdict

Madame Web is a laughable affair. Intentionally so, at times. But for much of its two-hour runtime, the laughs come at the expense of the arguably capable work being put in by its charming lead. AV Club

“Madame Web” is not the unmitigated disaster that its clunky trailer or its calendar spot in February would suggest. RogerEbert.com

It’s too bad because there could have been a more fun movie in here — Clarkson imbues it with a distinctly feminine and teenage energy that makes good use of its soundtrack. But it spins itself into a knot trying to justify a silly story instead. Associated Press

It is the Cats: The Movie of superhero movies. Not a single decision seems of sound mind. Not a single performance feels in sync with the material. Rolling Stone

Madame Web was never going to touch the relatively high-concept, Disney-made Avengers movies... But guess what? Tickets still cost just as much as they would for a more canonical Marvel movie. So why settle for the knock-off? Variety

is shaping up to be the biggest super hero box office bomb

sorry but no matter how seductively Dakota Johnson speaks to me i don't think i'm going to watch it twice (or even once)



anyone else finds this promo kinda weird? no?

 

[Winter Bear]

Lmao that promo, she can’t even sell the lie Also if you have a character described as being “enigmatic”, why would you cast Dakota

 

[Bchip]

My toxic trait is thinking that Hollywood ruins most super-hero movies led by female actresses on purpose

 

[kimsguardian]

so, it's a flop?
too bad i kinda had high expectations

 

[RussianRoulette]

I never heard of this movie and that review saying this movie is the superhero equivalent of cats low key scares me…

On the bright side, for some random ass reason they invited the Kpop group The Boyz to the movie premiere??? And I got this gorgeous picture of my bias.

In all seriousness, although I love The Boyz, how bad is this movie that when trying to invite guests to the premiere the best they could come up with was a random kpop group from Korea (who honestly might have been invited the day before/day of due to the fact that they aren’t even promoting this movie )

 

[Stan BiSH]

My toxic trait is thinking that Hollywood ruins most super-hero movies led by female actresses on purpose

in all fairness SONY were also behind Morbius so... but yeah seems a common complaint is how female super heroes movies suffer from a lack of direction

so, it's a flop?

lately most superhero movie has been struggling in the box office i think even with better reception it wouldn't do that well, right now we need to wait for Deadpool 3 to see if people are tired of comic book movies or if they were simply to saturated by the constant releases every other month

too bad i kinda had high expectations

even if the reviews aren't it the movie still can be a fun watch! SONY seems to be pursuing a cinematic universe without Spiderman himself but their other characters like Morbius, Madame Web, Venom, etc may appear together in future movies