The reviews are out for Madame Web, and they aren’t good, resulting in the movie launching with a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score.
It’s taken more than 40 years forMadame Webto make her live-action movie debut. The character premiered in the pages of The AmazingSpider-Manback in 1980 and has cameoed in Spidey stories ever since.
Now she’s appearing in her own standalone movie, withDakota Johnsonplaying the title character, aka Cassie Webb.
But the film’s trailer was roundly mocked when it premiered last year. And now the film itself is receiving mostly negative reviews.
Madame Web debuts with disastrous Rotten Tomatoes score
Madame Web has a Rotten Tomatoes score of just 17%, from 81 critic reviews at present. That puts it just above Morbius when it comes to Spidey-adjacent movies.
Here’s how Madame Web stacks up against the others, listed from best to worst, according to RT:
You can read around-up of those negative Madame Web reviews here.
Here’s the official synopsis for Madame Web, as per Sony: “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 use that insight to change it. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women bound for powerful destinies… if they can all survive a deadly present.”
Madame Web is out now, while you canfind details of the runtime here, pluspost-credits scene info here.
Chris Tilly is the TV & Movies Editor at Dexerto. He has a BA in English Literature, an MA in Newspaper Journalism, and over the last 20 years, he’s worked for the likes of Time Out, IGN, and Fandom. Chris loves Star Wars, Marvel, DC, sci-fi, and especially horror, while he knows maybe too much about Alan Partridge. You can email him here: chris.tilly@dexerto.com.
