Venom

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Venom

PG-13

2018

1h 52m

Action

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

The Times (UK)

11/16/2022

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

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

03/03/2020

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.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

07/29/2019

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

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Matt Donahue

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

Mar 25

6/10

Overall this movie has plenty of issues, most stemming from the PG-13 rating which just throws the tone, dialog, and even the action scenes into tailspins.

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Justin Kim

Loud and Clear Reviews

Jan 6

3/5

Venom isn’t quite so satisfying in its action department, but the main character(s) possess enough charm together to not suck the life out of the film completely.

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KT Mahe

For Your Reference Podcast

10/30/2024

3.5/5

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.

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RJ

May 7

The introduction into the world of Venom was gritty, comedic, and packed with the edginess you’d expect. Definitely worth it to see.

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Feliciano

Feb 24

Very good movie! But not too fund of the Symbian humanoid

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Jeepers C

2d

Tom Hardy is great in this role. I loved the movie and so did the rest of the regular audience, despite the critics poor reviews on rotten tomatoes 🍅. Do yourself a favor and watch this movie.

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Baylor H.

@theGuyWhoHasSeenEveryMovie 3d

This movie sucks bootyhole and I love it so so much

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cam N.

@realbadtz Nov 27

absolute love, has my fave kind of humor !! such a fun watch but i def think the second one takes the cake

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brosephine b

Nov 21

this movie was almost as dank as the sandwich i ate before watching the movie.

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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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