Venom

PG-13

Released Oct 5, 2018

1 hr. 52 min.

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 Consensus

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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Vabian G

This is The Best Superhero Movie Ever Made!, Actually Wasn't Worst Movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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Joe L

Not the best story line but very fun and enjoyable

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Arnab L

Absolutely fantastic

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/18/24

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Phil B

Well it was awesome (10/10)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Craig H

Tom Hardy and Venoms relationship where the best part and Tom Hardy himself. Everything else was pretty bang average and empty. Doesn't hold up as enjoyed my 1st viewing much more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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Derek

While Venom is much better than he was in Spider-Man 3, this movie is overall worse.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Ruben Fleischer

Director

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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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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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews

Venom is yet another missed opportunity to deliver a great movie about the symbiote anti-hero.

Rated: C-

Jul 24, 2023

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Joseph Garcia

Dynamic Duel Podcast

Despite the movie's flaws – which there are a lot – "Venom" surpasses a lot of that negativity through what is does really well: that is, the relationship between Venom and Eddie.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 19, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Ultimately it’s the script and some pretty uninspired action that left me feeling a bit deflated. Sadly a good Tom Hardy, Fleisher’s edgy ambition, or even a killer end credits scene can’t quite keep “Venom” from disappointing.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 21, 2022

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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
Executive Producer: David B. Householter, Stan Lee, Kelly Marcel, Tom Hardy, Edward Cheng, Howard Chen
Screenwriter: Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, Kelly Marcel
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
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
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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