Critic Reviews for Venom on Moviebuff.com

A strong candidate for the least marvelous Marvel film.

Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

Venom's storyline falters every now and then and though the characters could have been better defined, Tom Hardy does his best to deliver.

Namrata Thakker, Rediff

Throw an outlandish alien organism into the mix, shake well with a healthy serving of irreverent humor and you’ve got “Venom.”

Katie Walsh, The Columbus Dispatch

The whole movie disappoints, actually, including the mid-credits tease for a sequel that won't ever happen.

Sean O'Connell, Cinema Blend

Sometimes “Venom,” directed by Ruben Fleischer, feels like a David Cronenberg body-horror movie.

Glenn Kenny, The New York Times

Not even Tom Hardy can save this attempt to combine a dark super-antihero story and ‘Deadpool’-style shenanigans.

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

“Venom” is a textbook case of a comic-book film that’s unexciting in its ho-hum competence.

Owen Gleiberman, Variety

'Venom' is the bane of sony's superhero plans.

Mark Hughes, Forbes

Venom feels as if Fleischer was shooting two radically different movies at once.

Sam Adams, Slate Magazine

Tom Hardy does his best to elevate a tonally confused script, but Venom will leave you begging for an antidote.

Laura Prudom, IGN

Venom is riddled with the poison of dullness.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

It’s a remarkable visual display, as awesome as it is off-putting, “Venom” is very much its own entity.

Michael Nordine, Indiewire

Hardcore fans may just be pleased that the titular character has his own movie. But for everyone else, Venom is a mess.

Bryan Bishop, The Verge

Hardy applies that same intensity to the comic-book anti-hero origin story, “Venom.”

Christy Lemire, Roger Ebert

Venom tries too hard to be edgy, but ends up feeling rather flat.

Rohan Naahar, Hindustan Times

Tom Hardy film dissapoints.

Shalini Langer, Indian Express

Venom is obviously the victim of some brutal editing, and the derivative, sketchily plotted B-movie that’s left is as scrappy and hurried as a trailer.

Nicholas Barber, BBC - Culture

“Venom” is a Marvel masterpiece.

Gary Wolcott, Tricity Herald

It's also filled with the beauty of talent operating at top capacity, which leavens the melodrama considerably.

Kurt Loder, Reason

"Venom" is quite silly, and benefits from lowered, or at least shifted, expectations.

Adam Graham, The Detroit News

Venom has something special in the simplicity of the Eddie and Venom connection.

Perri Nemiroff, Collider

Tom Hardy proves that he’s more than equipped to play the sentient symbiote.

Neil Soans, The Times of India

Venom, after a dreadfully tedious start, evolves into something genuinely surprising.

Angie Han, Mashable

It's a mess, but wow, is it ever a fun, fascinating mess.

Katie Walsh, Chicago Tribune

Venom feels like a tease for a much more interesting film.

Helen Murdoch, Flickering Myth

Tom Hardy does everything he can to save this outdated comic book adventure.

Josh Spiegel, Slash Film

Sony’s attempt to stake a claim in the lucrative comic-book movie world lacks the deftness of the best.

Simran Hans, The Guardian

It's got a nice big grin, but nothing in its fangs.

Angela Watercutter, Wired

Venom is undoubtedly good enough to be an entertaining time at the theater.

Molly Freeman, Screen Rant

A mostly irredeemable flick, Venom actually succeeds at its most difficult task: providing a convincing reason for Venom to play nice as an antihero.

Drew Wheeler, flagpole

It's a mess, but wow, is it ever a fun, fascinating mess.

Katie Walsh, Chicago Tribune