Madame Web

"Madame Web isn’t as bad as you’ve heard. It’s so much worse."

"The third or fourth-best superhero movie of 2003."

"Doesn't meet even the lowest expectations."

"Johnson’s charm saves (it) from utter gimcrack incoherence. But its product placement defies satire."

"Clunky, earnest, and weirdly charming."

"Wastes a talented cast on a superhero movie shockingly devoid of tangible humanity."

"Nothing calamitous, just a time suck. An annoyance. A waste."

"Tax and IP loophole exploitation as entertainment."

"Dakota Johnson is fun enough, but Madame Web is repetitive and messy."

"Feels like it was made by and for people who have never seen a modern superhero movie."

"Completely without an original idea throughout."

"A fringe character with ill-defined powers and nothing especially interesting to do."

"A strong premise, a talented cast and some of the dopiest moments on the big screen in recent memory."

"One half of a really good superhero movie."

"Suspenseful and action-packed with a substantive origin story."

"Not the unmitigated disaster that its clunky trailer or its calendar spot in February would suggest."

"Sony’s latest foray into the Spiderverse is a mess."

"The most fascinating thing about this movie is its Pepsi product placement."

"Madame Web argues that no one’s future is written, but it is very easy to see exactly where this film is going."

"There is something sickly compelling about how disjointed and thoroughly incompetent Madame Web is."

"Madame Web is no blockbuster, but in its own quiet way, it manages to break down a few barriers."

"It’s got no sympathetic characters. None. Zip. Zero. Zilch."