Madame Web — Review: Messy and Dull
by KJ Proulx
I’m a huge fan of Marvel, whether you’re talking about the MCU franchise or what other studios have done with the characters. For that reason, I’ll always give each of them a chance. Upon hearing such awful things about Madame Web, I was worried but still open-minded. Well, I do believe certain critics are being a little too harsh on just how bad it is, but yes, it’s not a good film at all. There are some nice ideas and a few positive things going for it, but as a whole, it all came down to the screenplay for me, which is easily the worst aspect here.
The film follows Cassandra Webb (Dakota Johnson) as she begins to gain the ability to see into the near future. This ability enables her to try and prevent people from dying, which comes in handy because a man by the name of Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim) is after her and three other women, simply because he has had visions that they will murder him in the future. Julia (Sydney Sweeney), Anya (Isabela Merced), and Mattie (Celeste O’Connor) round out the main cast, but never did I sense the chemistry between these three. Cassandra is the main character, but the film doesn’t work if these other three characters aren’t given anything to work with, which is exactly the case here.
Instead of letting you experience the film and figure things out for yourself, this is a screenplay…
