Black Widow
Scarlett Johansson is Natasha Romanoff AKA Black Widow in this Marvel superhero movie set after the events of Captain America: Civil War. Co-stars Florence Pugh (Midsommar), David Harbour (Stranger Things) Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) and Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast). Cate Shortland (Somersault) directs.
When a dangerous conspiracy comes to light, Black Widow is forced to confront her past as a menacing force pursues her with the goal of taking her down.
2021Rating: 13, L V134 minsUSA
ActionAdventureScience FictionBlockbuster
- Director:
- Cate Shortland ('Berlin Syndrome', 'Lore', 'Somersault')
- Writer:
- Ned BensonJac Schaeffer
- Cast:
- Scarlett JohanssonFlorence PughDavid HarbourRachel WeiszRay WinstoneWilliam HurtO-T Fagbenle
Black Widow / Reviews
IGN
While the film is plied with eye-catching action sequences, it struggles to strike a balance between action and family drama...
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Independent
It’s hindered most by the sensation that this has all come a little too late, especially for a character who’s been repeatedly let down by her own franchise.
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Empire Magazine
Thanks to some zesty new character dynamics and smart twists, Marvel have finally done (Black Widow) right.
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Hollywood Reporter
Directed by Cate Shortland with propulsive excitement, humour and pleasingly understated emotional interludes...
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Variety
Shortland works in unvarnished closeup and establishes a mood of lurching, desultory anxiety that's closer to Russian neorealism than the Russo brothers.
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IndieWire
At its best... Black Widow is a welcome break from the overwrought transmedia machine that dictates Disney's biggest franchise bets...
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BBC
Black Widow sets itself apart by emphasising Natasha's past, and her reunion with her fractured, drolly comic family.
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South China Morning Post
A fitting and often fabulous sign-off for one of the Avengers’ most memorable heroes.
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RogerEbert.com
It makes sense that a no-nonsense killing machine like Black Widow should have a no-nonsense instalment, but it's nice to see it actually happened.
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Entertainment Weekly
The fight choreography is impressively acrobatic, if mildly numbing...
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Associated Press
Shortland, an Australian director of indies, grounds Black Widow in a more tactile and murky reality.
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