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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 06 Jul 2021

Black Widow functions less as a showcase for the title character and more as a sneaky introduction for Pugh, who is drolly hilarious as the…

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By Michael Burgin (54) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 06 Jul 2021

Director Cate Shortland tries to leaven this particular loaf o’ unacknowledged concussions, fractures and tissue damage with family drama…

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By Gabrielle Marceau (5) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 06 Jul 2021

It can’t resist an overdone and incomprehensible third act that sees our heroines tumbling from a floating monstrosity heading towards the…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 05 Jul 2021

Once we’re in the story proper . . . Black Widow quickly turns into another rote exercise in Marvel house style…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 02 Jul 2021

Black Widow is what happens when movies abandon human values for the emotional deadness and emptiness of the superhero movie…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 01 Jul 2021

Black Widow certainly suffers from MCU bloat—dutiful references to other installments in the franchise, an overly convoluted plot leading…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 30 Jun 2021

If Widow, with its winky one-liners and spandexed catsuits, is purely pop feminism, the movie's female gaze still reads like more than a cynical…

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By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 30 Jun 2021

It may all be a flashback, but Black Widow is truly a bridge with a true direction as the MCU moves into its post-Avengers era…

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By Clint Worthington (295) for Consequence (296) on 29 Jun 2021

As a reintroduction to the cinematic universe after a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s definitely worth a look…

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By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 29 Jun 2021

Black Widow is mostly an entertaining and adequate tribute to Natasha Romanoff, Black Widow, and Scarlett Johannson’s time in the Marvel…

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By Caryn James (352) for BBC (137) on 29 Jun 2021

Black Widow does become typically Avengers at the end, with an overwrought, too-long action scene that plays like a festival of stunt doubles…

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By Matt Maytum (105) for Total Film (3,532) on 29 Jun 2021

Natasha Romanoff’s long overdue solo movie delivers action and emotion in a rousing addendum to Scar-Jo’s stellar MCU story…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 29 Jun 2021

Black Widow is very much about the origin of Natasha — her skills and her identity…

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By Phil De Semlyen (265) for Time Out (7,510) on 29 Jun 2021

A few flaws keep Black Widow a rung or two below top-tier Marvel, including a sluggish final act, some generic villainy and yet another overlong…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 29 Jun 2021

Whether the narrative is in amped-up overdrive or idling, the director and her magnetic cast keep us fully invested in their cautious reconnection…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 29 Jun 2021

For fans of Black Widow and everyone else, this episode is great fun and Harbour could well ascend to spinoff greatness of his own…

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By Nick De Semlyen (166) for Empire (3,446) on 29 Jun 2021

It shouldn’t really have taken 11 years for the Widow to get her own standalone adventure…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for The Associated Press (882) on 29 Jun 2021

As played by Johansson, excellent here, every action for Natasha is tinged with acceptance and revulsion for her own nature…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 29 Jun 2021

Black Widow is a prequel of sorts, and an origin story, a robust and satisfying glimpse into a defining interlude in Black Widow’s life that…

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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 29 Jun 2021

How unfortunate that we have two Ant-Man films and soon will have a pair of Doctor Strange flicks, but in all likelihood just a single Black…

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