Last week, Captain Marvel was being review-bombed on Rotten Tomatoes by internet trolls. But now that the film's embargo has been lifted, critics have started releasing their take on the film, and it seems like Brie Larson's debut as the Marvel Cinematic Universe's strongest Avenger might not be hitting all the right notes.
While Captain Marvel might have reached a 91% high on Rotten Tomatoes, the film's score quickly dropped to 83% with a new batch of at least 27 "Rotten" reviews. While some might be quick to blame this score on naysayers and misogynistic men who don't like seeing strong independent women take the spotlight in a superhero movie, a closer look at Rotten Tomatoes reveals that more than 30 % of the negative reviews on the site actually come from female critics.
"A great superhero origin story hobbled by the corporation using it for their own selfish purpose," the Cultress' writer Kristen Lopez wrote in her review.
The first female-led movie of the MCU deserved more," wrote Associated Press' critic Lindsey Bahr, giving the film a 2.5 over 4.
"It succeeds more as an amusing fill-in-the-blanks Marvel backstory provider than a confident, stand-alone tale of a woman discovering her fierceness," wrote Marie Reinstein of US Weekly.
"It's everything you might expect a sci-fi superhero movie to be if you hadn't seen one in a long time," wrote AV Club critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, rating the film as a C.
"Marvel not only finds itself lagging behind DC with its first female super hero but utterly losing the contest. 'Captain Marvel' is a boring mishmash of ideas from a score of other movies and franchises..." Reeling Review's Laura Clifford wrote, also rating the film with a C.
"Larson does get a few opportunities in Captain Marvel to be that regular, flawed-but-strong human-there just aren't enough of them, and they're hardly the focus of the movie," Time Magazine's Stephani Zacharek wrote in her review.
"The raw material is all there, but filmmaking itself does not yield any truly thrilling, resonant moments. The action sequences are rote, at times almost muddled," the Thrillest's Esther Zuckerman wrote.
This might seem like a major disappointment to fans. There was a lot riding on Captain Marvel. Not only did the film serve as Carol Danvers' introduction into the MCU, but it also served as Marvel's first female standalone film.
Hopefully, Captain Marvel's critic score doesn't affect the film's opening weekend.
Captain Marvel premieres this Friday, March 8, 2019.
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