Madame Web, the latest installment of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, hit theatres in India on 16 February. The film, starring Dakota Johnson in the lead, is being praised for the lead actor’s performance but has also led to some scathing reviews (is it really ‘worse than Morbius’?). Here is what critics have said about Madame Web (and it’s a fairly mixed bag).
“From its lack of stakes to its absence of style, and from its laughable CGI to its palpable discomfort with the rhythms and tropes of its genre, “Madame Web” is a superhero movie that feels like it was made by and for people who have never seen a modern superhero movie. In theory, that might have been a blessing in disguise. In practice, only (Dakota) Johnson is able to make it seem that way.”David Ehrlich, Indie Wire