Venom Movie Review Roundup: Do Critics Love Or Hate The Film?

Venom is finally upon us, (sigh) and many of the main outlets have already published their reviews for the movie. It’s not exactly positive from the majority of reviewers, though there are one or two semi-positive outlooks.

We have gathered together a selection of reviews here for our readers to get a sample of what people are saying about Venom. LRM‘s review will be up tomorrow from our own Fox Troilo, but before we get to what Fox thought of Venom, lets see how it fairs elsewhere shall we?

THR

The only startling moment in the thoroughly irredeemable Venom that makes you sit up and take notice comes at the 71-minute mark, when the sight of a disheveled, stubbly, sweaty and bloated Tom Hardy jolts you with the realization that here is the perfect actor to one day play Harvey Weinstein. For that insight and that insight alone, this film is valuable

The Wrap

Leaping from plot point to plot point without the hindrance of logic or characters, this big-screen return of the legendary Spider-Man nemesis — last seen in the franchise-hobbling “Spider-Man 3” — is aggressively loud and stupid without being much fun at all. It exists as a waste of time (although, one hopes, a sizable payday) for some very talented actors, and it’s proof that even Marvel doesn’t always get it right.

Cam: They know this was made by Sony and not Marvel right?

VarietyWarning! slight SPOILERS in this one.

By the end, the character actually growls out a few vaguely amusing pissed-off things. (You begin to realize that he’s a new breed of snark beast around the time he drops a certain word starting with “p.”) But it’s telling that the TV commercials for “Venom” all feature this creature fully formed. Because it’s so long into the movie before Venom comes completely alive as a character that the commercials amount to a kind of spoiler. And it’s not hard to see why they’re designed that way. Venom could have been a fun creation, but the film spends too long watching him…originate. The movie “Venom” actually wants to be is the sequel.

JoBlo – A rare positive review

Ultimately, VENOM is better than I expected. Tom Hardy is terrific, and the actor is having a great time playing Eddie along with his new best alien pal. While the story is a bit obvious, I enjoyed the throwback to sci-fi alien invasion flicks. Ruben Fleischer has delivered a superhero feature that is frenzied and perhaps a little too facetious at times. Yet, when Venom attacks, it is a glorious thing to watch.

EW

Venom isn’t quite bad, but it’s not exactly good either. It’s noncommittally mediocre and, as a result, forgettable. It just sort of sits there, beating you numb, unsure of whether it wants to be a comic-book movie or put the whole idea of comic-book movies in its crosshairs. 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.

So there you have it, just like everyone knew other than the person who green-lit this at Sony, this is a bad movie and a bad idea. I genuinely don’t envy Fox having to review this, I can’t see me checking this out until its the only thing on a plane flight or I happen to turn it on one day whilst sick and can’t be bothered to switch it back.

What do you think of the Venom reviews so far, is it a watch for you, or a hard pass? Let us know in the usual place below.

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