Black Widow

critic Reviews

, 79% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Black Widow's deeper themes are drowned out in all the action, but it remains a solidly entertaining standalone adventure that's rounded out by a stellar supporting cast.
  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Mark DaniellToronto Sun
    What ensues is a film that isn't interested in planting seeds for future Marvel movies -- which is actually a refreshing change of pace.
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  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Steven D. GreydanusNational Catholic Register
    Almost completely lacking in Black Widow is any sense of outrage over the grotesque violations of human rights and human dignity at the root of the whole premise of the film.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Damian LevyDamianMichaelMovies.com
    While humour is an important part of the film, it's used to serve the tragic story rather than undercut it.
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    James BerardinelliReelViews
    Black Widow represents the MCU looking back when it should be moving forward. Everything about the movie seems small, even the big action set-pieces
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    Deborah RossThe Spectator
    More women is its only decent idea. Otherwise, it's business as usual. Otherwise, it's all formulaic bish-bosh, smash-crash action scenes broken up by lame jokes and lame philosophising along the lines of: "Your pain only makes you stronger."
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Sara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
    Shortland does a solid job with the material, but even she isn't able to entirely gloss over how Natasha randomly keeps disappearing in her own movie or how what is supposed to be her story frequently focuses on other characters.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Amy SmithInSession Film
    What director Cate Shortland does so well with Black Widow is the balance of tones within the story, something that Marvel has struggled a little bit with their latest TV projects.
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    Cory WoodroofFor the Win (USA Today)
    We liked the cast, but it didn’t live up to the potential of telling Natasha Romanoff’s backstory.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Lindsey RomainNerdist
    Black Widow proves that the MCU can scale down when it needs to, which is a card trick more valuable than one might think. Natasha may be dead, but Black Widow shows how powerfully her legacy lives on.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Jeffrey PetersonNaija Nerds
    Black Widow is the story audiences deserve, arriving much later than audiences hoped, and in a time frame that’s not quite big enough to suffice the story.
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