Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie's last dance.
Critics largely dismissed this trilogy-capper as a tonal muddle that wastes Tom Hardy's charisma on thin material, though a minority found the Eddie-and-Venom buddy dynamic still capable of delivering unpretentious fun. The sharpest disagreements landed on whether the film's self-aware absurdity saves it or whether the chaotic plotting and banal stakes sink it entirely.
“When it leans hard into the inherent absurdity of its wacky, mismatched buddy antics, Venom: The Last Dance can be a total blast. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen nearly as often as it should.”
Christy Lemire·RogerEbert.com
“a yammeringly moronic, teenage-boy-pandering eyesore of the old school, with little to offer any viewer whose age or counting ability exceeds the low 20s”
Robbie Collin·The Daily Telegraph
“it's hugely dispiriting to watch Hardy sink so low. From the elegant character work of Stuart: A Life Backwards and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to a blank-eyed Marvel meathead whose greatest line is: 'We've got to get the codex as far away as possible!”
Kevin Maher·The Times
“Honestly, I'd rather watch Eddie and Venom dicker over pizza toppings than team up for something as banal as saving the planet.”
Amy Nicholson·The New York Times
Action, Fantasy, Horror
Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie's last dance.
Critics largely dismissed this trilogy-capper as a tonal muddle that wastes Tom Hardy's charisma on thin material, though a minority found the Eddie-and-Venom buddy dynamic still capable of delivering unpretentious fun. The sharpest disagreements landed on whether the film's self-aware absurdity saves it or whether the chaotic plotting and banal stakes sink it entirely.
“When it leans hard into the inherent absurdity of its wacky, mismatched buddy antics, Venom: The Last Dance can be a total blast. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen nearly as often as it should.”
Christy Lemire·RogerEbert.com
“a yammeringly moronic, teenage-boy-pandering eyesore of the old school, with little to offer any viewer whose age or counting ability exceeds the low 20s”
Robbie Collin·The Daily Telegraph
“it's hugely dispiriting to watch Hardy sink so low. From the elegant character work of Stuart: A Life Backwards and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to a blank-eyed Marvel meathead whose greatest line is: 'We've got to get the codex as far away as possible!”
Kevin Maher·The Times
“Honestly, I'd rather watch Eddie and Venom dicker over pizza toppings than team up for something as banal as saving the planet.”
Amy Nicholson·The New York Times
Action, Fantasy, Horror