Morbius

It plays better than it reviews — the watch lands harder than the write-ups suggest.

• “Seek this out if you like superhero films that are especially dark.”

  Benjamin Franz, Film Threat · 80

• “Against all odds, Morbius is an intelligent, human story.”

  Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle · 75

• “Swedish-Chilean director Daniel Espinosa (Life) gives it all a dark sheen, and shoots the pair's inevitable confrontations less like traditional comic-book clashes than something from The Matrix.”

  Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly · 75

• “This horror-action picture offers modest genre pleasures and a consistently spooky vibe, resulting in a film that has been designed chiefly to ensure future sequels, although the story includes enough emotional shading and robust set pieces to be an engaging standalone feature.”

  Tim Grierson, Screen Daily · 70

• “The curious fun of Daniel Espinosa’s film is in how it embraces the gothic mythology that inspired it. Morbius does eventually become a cluttered slugfest, as all things must. But for much of its run it is a stylish, intriguingly toned story of a man trying to thwart mortality.”

  Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair · 70