Critics say that 'Venom' is so bad that it might actually be good
"It's a mess, but wow, is it ever a fun, fascinating mess."
"A movie that initially seemed just-plain-bad becomes so-bad-it's-good. Or maybe it's just plain good. It's been a full day since I've seen it, and honestly, I'm still not sure. Either way, I laughed a lot."
Angie Han, Mashable
"It would be true to say that the tongue and Tom Hardy are the making of Sony's venture into the Marvel Universe."
Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile
"The tone of this movie is all over the place, and it's the inconsistencies rather than the absence of Tom Holland in a starring role that are Venom's real problem."
Hugh Armitage, Digital Spy
"Venom is neither triumph nor train-wreck. It's a mediocre origin story, a superhero host that sadly fails to bond with its comedy parasite"
Ian Freer, Empire Magazine
"How Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, and Riz Ahmed read this piss-poor script and decided it would make a deserving movie is an oral history worth reading 10 years from now."
Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist
"Venom is not a good movie, but I also want to make it clear that I had the time of my life watching it."
Mike Ryan, Uproxx
"You could almost convince me the messy tone was part of some genius master plan to make a movie that matched its title character's disjointed temperament. Almost."
Matt Singer, ScreenCrush
"Venom would be another anonymous notch on the superhero movie belt if not for Hardy, whose dedication to batsh** nonsense is a saving grace - and reason enough to make a second movie."
Matt Patches, Polygon
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