Morbius
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: April 1, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 55 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
25
Negative:
23
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38
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 1, 2022
But I can’t remember a Marvel movie that went to less trouble giving us an “origin story,” that put more effort into tying the tale into this corner of the Marvel “universe,” and that had less going for it. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMar 30, 2022
In “Morbius” the actor’s willful disinterest in figuring out the rhythm of a scene, what’s important in it and how to bounce off his scene partners — well, it’s acting in a vacuum. What he needs is a director who can steer him away from his favorite scene partner, i.e., Jared Leto, long enough to activate the material at hand, even if it’s just a third-tier Marvel franchise hopeful. Read full review
38
USA TodayBrian TruittMar 30, 2022
With Leto flying and jumping through New York City as a do-gooding bloodsucker with moral “Should I feast on my fellow man?” quandaries, “Morbius” is a lifeless slog with no real bite. Read full review
38
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiMar 30, 2022
The cacophonous ending sets up a sequel, but I hope it never sees the light of day. Actually, considering it’s about vampires, maybe I do! Read full review
35
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMar 30, 2022
We can confirm that Morbius is, really and truly, a movie. Granted, it’s not much of a movie, but it’s a movie nonetheless. Read full review
33
ColliderEmma KielyMar 31, 2022
The central problem of Morbius is a lazy and uninspiring script. No weight or depth is given to any character. There’s little humor and when it tries to make a tongue-in-cheek joke, it fails miserably. Read full review
30
We Got This CoveredScott CampbellMar 31, 2022
Morbius is a huge step backwards for Sony's Spider-Man Universe, and the worst Marvel-branded movie to come along in a long time. Read full review
30
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 30, 2022
Morbius is a movie in which it’s clear that no one ever sent the script back for a rewrite with the instructions, “Please add a script.” As in: Add spice, add dialogue, add something so that the movie plays like more than a barely colored-in diagram. Read full review
25
The AtlanticDavid SimsApr 6, 2022
Morbius is little more than an irritant, a grumpy, one-note CGI beastie who spends most of his movie pondering whether he should go full supervillain. Read full review
25
ABC NewsPeter TraversApr 1, 2022
Jared Leto goes the extra mile to bring a minor-league villain from Marvel Comics to the big screen, but this botched horrorfest about the so-called “living vampire” is less deserving of a sequel than a stake through its heart. Read full review
25
The Associated PressMark KennedyMar 31, 2022
The filmmakers — director Daniel Espinosa, hobbled by a meandering script from Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless — simply do not know what to do with this creature once they’ve given us his backstory. Read full review
20
VoxAlex Abad-SantosApr 7, 2022
With a lack of humor and deadly exposition, Morbius propels itself into an absolutely wild third act, perhaps the unintentionally silliest finish I’ve seen this year. Read full review
20
ScreenCrushMatt SingerApr 6, 2022
Morbius is like watching an incompetent juggler throw six knives in the air and then get stabbed by each of them on the way down. Read full review
20
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeApr 4, 2022
[An] incoherent, vampire-themed Marvel offcut. Read full review
20
NMELou ThomasApr 1, 2022
None of the characters have meaningful motives – and they’re so thinly drawn that they’re almost transparent. Read full review
20
Time OutCathy BrennanMar 31, 2022
Compelling characters are the lifeblood of a good superhero story, so it’s tragic that a film about two warring vampires in the Marvel universe is utterly bereft of them. Read full review
20
Little White LiesHannah StrongMar 31, 2022
I have to hope that sooner or later the bubble will burst, and a film as insulting to audience appetites and intelligence as this will be some sort of larger lesson for Hollywood. Probably not though. There’s always another D-tier comic book character waiting in the wings for their spin-off moment. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 30, 2022
It really is an amazingly pointless and dumb film: the good/bad setup between Morbius and Milo is muddled and cancelled by the not-especially-compelling moral struggle within Morbius himself. Both Leto and Smith have to keep doing the evil demonic face-change growling thing, and it is intensely silly. Let’s hope the extended Spider-Man universe extends far enough to include something more interesting than this. Read full review
20
Rolling StoneDavid FearMar 30, 2022
If it’s not the worst of these films, it’s certainly the most anemic — and even die-hard fans are apt to feel completely drained by all of it. Read full review
16
The PlaylistJason BaileyMar 30, 2022
The nicest thing I can say about it is that it’s short. Read full review
12
ObserverEmily ZemlerMar 31, 2022
This movie is as lifeless as the bodies Morbius drains and throws on the floor. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesRobert DanielsMar 31, 2022
Daniel Espinosa’s Morbius, a misbegotten, artistically bankrupt bid by writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless to fuse a gothic horror edge to the MCU, is the nadir of comic book cinema. Read full review
5
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMar 30, 2022
It is charmless, incoherent, ugly and so aggressively stupid that it defies any attempt to shove it into the desperate “guilty pleasure” box. Read full review
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