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.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 25, 2025

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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 6, 2025

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.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 30, 2024

Pacing issues aside, Venom establishes the quirky Brock-Venom dynamic perfectly. A fun setup that hints at the chaos to come without overdoing it.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 30, 2024

This origin story is chaotic noise and CGI, but still Tom Hardy's portrayal of both the self-righteous journalist Eddie Brock and the violent alien who invades his body as Venom intrigues.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 23, 2024

Admittedly, the movie’s not great—it’s replete with clichés and breaks the ridiculous meter like it’s crumbling a biscuit. But it would be unfair to criticize a film that uses them to its unabashed advantage.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 9, 2024

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

| Original Score: C- | Jul 24, 2023

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.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 19, 2023

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

| Nov 16, 2022

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.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 21, 2022

Venom blandly wants you to shut up and consume. It really is worth pondering whether or not you should.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Apr 6, 2022

At least MCU titles mask their commercialism in their devotion to characters and telling a good story. By contrast, Venom seems like a knock-off, or perhaps a throwback to the early-2000s era of superhero movies that is best left forgotten.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 11, 2022

It's too endearing to write off just as its too basic to really make a mark.

| Feb 11, 2022

It's really silly... it's still a lot of fun.

| Oct 6, 2021

This is the one with the most teeth and most tater tots.

| Oct 2, 2021

Episode 11: Moving On

| Original Score: 75/100 | Sep 1, 2021

The first half hour of the film feels very rushed, as if the director is trying to get all the backstory and all the set up out of the way, sucking away all the emotional investment that the viewer is supposed to have.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 17, 2021

Venom offers a nice reminder that there's still a lot of entertainment to be had in a film that just wants to be crazy fun -- and then delivers on that promise.

| Jul 13, 2021

A flawed beast that feels 10 years out of time....

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 29, 2021

It feels unintentionally funny, as if all the actors except for Hardy understood they were acting in a generic comic book movie. He's a hoot, the movie isn't.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 1, 2021