Venom

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Venom

PG-13

Released Oct 5, 2018

1h 52m

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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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Matt Donahue

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

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.

Rated: 6/10

Mar 25, 2025

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Justin Kim

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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.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 6, 2025

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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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RJ

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

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/07/25

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Feliciano

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

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/25

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Gabriel W

As my first-step into the Venom world, this movie was intriguing to watch because of the whole "symbiote" schtick. The movie can be cliché at times, and may lack a solid plotline, however is fast-paced and interesting enough to keep your attention. As others have mentioned, the PG-13 rating keeps it from introducing even wilder action, however it isn't a huge deal. The character development between Eddie and Venom is cool, at first you hate Venom because he seems like pure evil (which he kind of is), however by the end of it you're almost rooting for him. Not bad overall, I definitely wouldn't say you shouldn't watch it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/10/25

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Marsh X

When I first watched this movie I really enjoyed it but looking back on it I realise how much the PG-13 rating dragged it down and wasted lots of potential, like come on this venom who looks terrifying and he's not ripping people's guts out? It probably doesn't have to be that extreme but I feel like this definitely lack lusters in the action department more than it should, I think it's still an enjoyable watch though, they just could of done a little more. 8.5/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/11/25

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Mark T

Very good hero action movie

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/25/25

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Nerd W

I’ll say this as I say for all Spider-Man villains, a villain is only as good as his hero. Without Spider-Man it lacks plot.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/21/25

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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: 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
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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