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Black Widow
2021 134 min United States of America PG-13 18+
★6.9
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Director: Cate Shortland
💬 Based on the comic
«Black Widow»
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Description
Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
Budget:
$200M
US Gross:
$183.65M
Worldwide:
$379.75M
Starring
Scarlett Johansson
Actor
Florence Pugh
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David Harbour
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Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022
— Best Hero
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022
— Best Fight
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2022
— Best Stunt Ensemble
Key opinion
Black Widow is generally regarded as a mediocre, middle-of-the-road addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe that suffers from an underdeveloped script and a lackluster antagonist. While Florence Pugh’s performance as Yelena Belova is widely praised as a standout highlight, the film struggles to justify its own existence as a standalone story.
| Acting | Florence Pugh delivers a compelling, breakout performance that effectively anchors the film’s emotional core. | |
| Screenplay | The film’s central antagonist is poorly written, underdeveloped, and serves as one of the weakest villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. | |
| action | The action sequences are technically competent and dynamic, though they are frequently hampered by inconsistent choreography and heavy reliance on CGI. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is viewed as thin and underwritten, failing to provide meaningful depth to Natasha’s history or the political stakes of the Red Room. | |
| Direction | The tone of the film is polarizing, as it struggles to balance spy-thriller elements, family drama, and superhero spectacle, resulting in a lack of structural coherence. |