Madame Web debuts with disastrous Rotten Tomatoes score

The reviews are out for Madame Web, and they aren’t good, resulting in the movie launching with a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score.

It’s taken more than 40 years for Madame Web to make her live-action movie debut. The character premiered in the pages of The Amazing Spider-Man back in 1980 and has cameoed in Spidey stories ever since.

Now she’s appearing in her own standalone movie, with Dakota Johnson playing the title character, aka Cassie Webb.

But the film’s trailer was roundly mocked when it premiered last year. And now the film itself is receiving mostly negative reviews.

Madame Web debuts with disastrous Rotten Tomatoes score

Madame Web has a Rotten Tomatoes score of just 17%, from 81 critic reviews at present. That puts it just above Morbius when it comes to Spidey-adjacent movies.

Here’s how Madame Web stacks up against the others, listed from best to worst, according to RT:

• Venom Let There Be Carnage – 57%
• Venom – 30%
• Madame Web – 17%
• Morbius – 15%

You can read a round-up of those negative Madame Web reviews here.

What is Madame Web about?

Here’s the official synopsis for Madame Web, as per Sony: “Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who develops the power to see the future… and realizes she can use that insight to change it. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women bound for powerful destinies… if they can all survive a deadly present.”

Madame Web is out now, while you can find details of the runtime here, plus post-credits scene info here.