Tom Hardy, a good actor, always puts on a good show and definitely the right casting choice because It works well. I thought the movie was decent with a good plot easy to follow and some good effects with plenty of action but with a slow start and didn't expect It to be full of humour. My only downer was that It was a little rushed, also I feel It would of been so much better If It was (R) rated.

This is the lamest comic book movie in a while. The first act is terrible but once the symbiote finally get to Eddie Brock it picks up. The best part by far is Tom Hardy talking to himself. Everyone else is just bland. The effects are fine but the final fight is just a total CGI fest and kinda dull. This isn't worth paying for but it's worth watching to see Tom Hardy act crazy.

Edit: I did like it a little bit more on rewatch just because Tom Hardy is going all out.

Tom Hardy, all by himself, almost makes this a good movie.
And, it's hilarious at times (which I believe was intentional, I think this movie is self-aware), way funnier than say Ant-Man and the Wasp.
There was just something about the banter between Eddie and Venom that worked extremely well.

But: the script is awful, the dialogue sucks and anyone that isn't Tom Hardy comes from a much blander film.
So I cannot really recommend it, even though I really, really want to.

Way better than anyone is giving it credit for. This is just too fun of a movie to give a low score. It takes a few for Eddie Brock to become Venom but holy shit once he does the movie takes off and is a fun ride.

Besides the action and the visuals there isn't that much to see here. The characters besides Tom Hardy feel bland and don't really add something to the movie. [spoiler]I have no idea if there should be a romance between Anne and Eddie, but atleast it wasn't in this movie. Female Venom was fun to see though[/spoiler].

The movie has some nice visuals, some good action scenes and some comic moments, but overal it felt like a bland movie which I will forget really soon.

Even Tom Hardy can't save this.

Didn't like the movie, but super excited for the sequel.
Tom Hardy was good, the writing bad, the story so generic and the CGI very poor for that kind of movie.
Make the sequel like the last scene before the credits and improve on the above and we will have a great movie.

Marvel has long stopped being a can't-do-no-wrong franchise for me. It has become pretty much a hit-or-miss relationship. And for the most part a lot of them missed lately.
Venom was the one Marvel movie in a long time I thoroughly enjoyed. Not just watched but really enjoyed. It's not perfect, it has flaws. Like a weak villain and, besides Tom Hardy, who is simply amazing, a pretty much forgettable assortment of cast/characters. But Venom itself is a refreshing character with potential. And I don't care about references to comics because, quite simply, I do not read them. Not anymore, I did about 35-40 years ago. I watch the movies and take them stand alone. I really hope they don't f*** Venom up like they did Spiderman and Thor.

Was heartbraking to see Stan at the end. RIP and thanks for all the great characters you brought us.

Saw the movie today and truly loved it. After hearing about the poor critic reviews I was worried because I was so looking forward to seeing Tom Hardy in this role. Silly me, I forgot, all critic reviews these days (or maybe they always were) are just so out of touch with reality. Starting to believe the conspiracy theories that they are all fake or paid for. The movie had a great plot, I'm fairly sure there was a Terminator 2 reference. It wasn't too long. I wanted it to keep going. The relationship with Eddie and Venom was fun. I can't wait for the next one. I recommend you see it.

I'm under the impression that they don't even try anymore. Pick-up a lame story, sprinkle some CGI (bad or not), if you are there maybe top it up with a popular actor also and BOOM you have a new super-hero movie with nothing special to it.

Hardy's acting and Venom's facial expressions are the only note wordy thing in this movie. The rest is just atrocious.

The supporting cast is horrible. Annie, Dan, Schrift, their Elon Musk... All either poorly written or poorly acted. Annie couldn't have been much more wooden and unconnected to everything around her. Over all, fair, for a Marvel film.