Venom

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Venom

PG-13

Released Oct 5, 2018

1h 52m

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Adventure

Fantasy

Sci-Fi

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Journalist Eddie Brock is trying to take down Carlton Drake, the notorious and brilliant founder of the Life Foundation. While investigating one of Drake's experiments, Eddie's body merges with the alien Venom -- leaving him with superhuman strength and power. Twisted, dark and fueled by rage, Venom tries to control the new and dangerous abilities that Eddie finds so intoxicating.

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Critics Consensus

Venom's first standalone movie turns out to be like the comics character in all the wrong ways - chaotic, noisy, and in desperate need of a stronger attachment to Spider-Man.

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Audience Says

Some truly fun odd-couple chemistry plus the right blend of action and comedy make Venom's messy plot easy to forgive.

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Chris Bennion

Times (UK)

Ironically, the film lacks a bit of bite...

Nov 16, 2022

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

The film devotes way too much time to exposition (the first act feels like it goes on for about an hour), but once it gets going it's decent fun.

Mar 3, 2020

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

The result is so infantile that you barely care to wait for the mandatory mid-credit Marvel teasers.

Jul 29, 2019

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KT Mahe

For Your Reference Podcast

Venom tried something new in a familiar world of pop culture. The foundation built on fleshing out Brock’s character and motivations made it stand on its own as canon.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 30, 2024

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Oti

For Your Reference Podcast

Pacing issues aside, Venom establishes the quirky Brock-Venom dynamic perfectly. A fun setup that hints at the chaos to come without overdoing it.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 30, 2024

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Jana Monji

Age of the Geek

This origin story is chaotic noise and CGI, but still Tom Hardy's portrayal of both the self-righteous journalist Eddie Brock and the violent alien who invades his body as Venom intrigues.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 23, 2024

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Petar V

One of my favorite Marvel movies. It's just that good. Tom Hardy is a great actor, Venom was a really cool and funny character, and Riot being the antagonist is just perfect. I love the ending, it's one of my favorite ending in a movie ever. 10/10 for sure.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/20/24

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Dimitra T

Dieser Film ist der Innbegriff eines Vergessenswerten langweiligen Films der sich wie ein studioprodukt anfühlt.Tom Hardy spielt seine Rolle als Eddy Brock ganz gut und diese neue Art von venom war echt gut aber als Film ist dieser Film mehr als langweilig und vergessenswert.Und der Schurke Riot war einfach nur zum kotzen und wenn sich symbionten in der Action auf die Fresse hauen sieht das so aus als ob 2 Schleimhaufen miteinander rumvögeln. 3,5/10

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Muhammed a

It is a nice and watchable movie, it is recommended. It has very high quality scenes and the visual effects were very nice. It is a good quality and nice movie to watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/15/24

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Kevin Deckx C

I liked it a lot, the CGI is very well and the comedy is good. The only vague point I can make is the story, which although I liked it, could definitely have aspired to more.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/12/24

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Spooky Crumbles M

“Venom” is definitely a fun film. It’s not structurally perfect, but it has amusing moments and excellent performances from the cast.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/12/24

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Darío C

Don't listen to the critics. This movie is fun. A fresh reboot to the symbiote villain. It feels a bit lost and boring at the beginning, but it soon develops the story. It is not a great movie, but worth the watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/11/24

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Ruben Fleischer

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Tom Hardy

Eddie Brock

Michelle Williams

Anne Weying

Riz Ahmed

Carlton Drake

Scott Haze

Roland Treece

Reid Scott

Dr. Dan Lewis

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Synopsis

Journalist Eddie Brock is trying to take down Carlton Drake, the notorious and brilliant founder of the Life Foundation. While investigating one of Drake's experiments, Eddie's body merges with the alien Venom -- leaving him with superhuman strength and power. Twisted, dark and fueled by rage, Venom tries to control the new and dangerous abilities that Eddie finds so intoxicating.

Director: Ruben Fleischer
Producer: Avi Arad, Matthew Tolmach, Amy Pascal
Screenwriter: Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, Kelly Marcel
Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Pascal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Tencent Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sci-Fi Violence|Action|Language)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 5, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 18, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $213.5M
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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